It seems this new calculator always gives answers in fraction form and you have to press the S<=>D button to see the decimal answer (not efficient for big numerical questions!). Has anyone found a way to change this behaviour? Or will the examiner be happy to see that the required rate of return is 9 512/1061 % ? I miss my old university calculator that has served me faithfully for all these years (and it's less advanced than the new one anyway!!!)
I bought this calculator about 30 minutes before going into the exam and I have to say the default fraction setting p*ssed me off too! Lucky I managed to change it after 20 minutes frantic experimenting!!! Try this: SHIFT SETUP ARROW DOWN 4 1 Now you have decimal display! btw, it was a ca3 exam yet they still made a point of checking the calculators!
The default mode appears to be fractions. This can be changed by: SHIFT SETUP 2 This has to be repeated if the calculator is fully reset.
Nice one - I was wondering how to do that as well. The Casio FX-85 is the 1st new calculator that I've bought in over 20 years. My trusty FX-115N has served me well ....!
I find the New Casio quite irritating to be honest. The default fraction thing is annoying, but also the way that it automatically opens brackets took me a while to get used to. Glad I did though cos the calculator Nazis were out in force in Manchester too!
