Does anyone know of (or have) a table which lists all of the unit multipliers.
Like, nano-, micro-, Mega-, kilo-, etc. and what their values are (like x10^-3)
These always confuse me!
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Started by babeasc, Jan 14 2007 10:11 PM
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Posted 14 January 2007 - 10:11 PM
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Posted 14 January 2007 - 10:14 PM
Starting from 0 the powers go up/down in 3s
examples
nano = 10^-9
micro = 10^-6
milli = 10^-3
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Kilo = 10^3
Mega = 10^6
Giga = 10^9
See the pattern?
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nano = 10^-9
micro = 10^-6
milli = 10^-3
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Kilo = 10^3
Mega = 10^6
Giga = 10^9
See the pattern?
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Posted 14 January 2007 - 11:50 PM
Your typical Casio which is allowed in the exams normally has them, which is probably the best well kept secret along with the fact that they can solve simultaneous equations.
Look over your number keys and you should see a shift function for p (pico) m (milli) k (kilo) M (Mega) G (Giga) etc. Depends on what model you have of course, but most ones I've seen do.
Look over your number keys and you should see a shift function for p (pico) m (milli) k (kilo) M (Mega) G (Giga) etc. Depends on what model you have of course, but most ones I've seen do.
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Posted 15 January 2007 - 10:53 AM
That's wierd lol I'm pretty sure they have it. Definitely the sim eqns anyway. 
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Posted 15 January 2007 - 11:06 AM
Well i have the most common afaik casio calculator used in high school, and can't do either of those lol
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Posted 15 January 2007 - 11:49 AM
Its something i never really got a hold to be honest when i did it last year. it comes down to learning it if you dont have a fancy calc. HARD WORK AND EFFORT!!! o ye and practice 
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Posted 15 January 2007 - 11:12 PM
to be honest, if you do enough past papers & practise questions, they kinda eventually stick in your head. at least thats what i found.
mind you, i can still be heard shouting in labs "milli is 10 to the minus 3, yeah?". but thats just making sure, obviously
mind you, i can still be heard shouting in labs "milli is 10 to the minus 3, yeah?". but thats just making sure, obviously
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 07:49 PM
Once you have your answer to your problem on the screen of your calculator, press:
"ENG"
it will convert it into one of the mega/pico formats etc (although as a power of 10, eg 1000 or 1k displayed as 1x10^3).
keep pressing the "ENG" button for alterative formats, increasing/decreasing in powers of 3.
you were correct dfx, just the wrong button!
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"ENG"
it will convert it into one of the mega/pico formats etc (although as a power of 10, eg 1000 or 1k displayed as 1x10^3).
keep pressing the "ENG" button for alterative formats, increasing/decreasing in powers of 3.
you were correct dfx, just the wrong button!
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 07:53 PM
Once you have your answer to your problem on the screen of your calculator, press:
"ENG"
it will convert it into one of the mega/pico formats etc (although as a power of 10, eg 1000 or 1k displayed as 1x10^3).
keep pressing the "ENG" button for alterative formats, increasing/decreasing in powers of 3.
you were correct dfx, just the wrong button!
:-)
"ENG"
it will convert it into one of the mega/pico formats etc (although as a power of 10, eg 1000 or 1k displayed as 1x10^3).
keep pressing the "ENG" button for alterative formats, increasing/decreasing in powers of 3.
you were correct dfx, just the wrong button!
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 07:55 PM
Okay why have i posted this twice?
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 05:49 PM
You probably clicked Submit twice. Anyway, I meant for inputting data e.g. 3000 could be put in as 3 [SHIFT] K where K is in the yellow bit over a number (can't recall which one!).
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Posted 07 April 2007 - 11:34 AM
Thanks. Was in town and saw one of those calculators, got it, and it is pretty good. Takes the pressure off a bit!
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