TI-84 SE "stuck" in scientific notation mode?

Question

Help!  I can't seem to get my TI-84 SE out of scientific notation mode - answers to a simple problem such as 0.002 x 0.003 give me 6.000000000E-6  

While I understand the nine zeroes (I had set that), I don't want the E-6 business to be there - how to rid my work of that forever?!

Answer 1

You should be able to press "MODE"

at the top of the screen use your left mouse thingy to select "NORMAL"

are you unable to access the "MODE" menu

Answer 2

I had tried the MODE button, but nothing changed.  Maybe something is wrong with the calculator?

Answer 3

I just called TI and they said all their graphing calc go to SCI after after 3 zeros and 1 digit to the right of the decimal. Not convensed but, they did tell me if I use a TI 30xiis then it will work a I want it to. I do have one of those laying around the house.

Comments

Thank you!  I couldn't figure this out and your answer makes perfect sense.

Answer 4

Go to mode and go down to float if your marker is on a number move it over to float and click float

Answer 5

-4.48198558E16