| Numbers | 0 to 9 | Enter digits 0 to 9 |
| • | Decimal point European users can use comma ( , ). |
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| : | Time separator For 3 hours 45 minutes, enter 3:45 |
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| & | Fractional ‘And’ For 1 ⅔, enter 1 & 2 / 3 |
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| % | Percentage | |
| K | 1000 For example, enter 5K for 5000 |
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| E | Exponential notation when pressed after a number |
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| otherwise Euler’s number, e 2.71828… |
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| Basics | + | Add |
| – | Subtract | |
| * or X | Multiply | |
| / | Divide | |
| ↩ | Calculate | |
| ( or [ | Left Parenthesis | |
| ) or ] | Right Parenthesis | |
| ? | The Unknown | |
| For solving arithmetic or algebra equation. To solve: 3 x – 16 = 5 Enter: 3 ? – 16 = 5 Answer: ? = 7 |
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| Result | R | Result from the last calculation |
| ⌘ = | Calculate While Typing Shows you the result while you typing |
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| ⌘ – | Switch the sign of the result | |
| ⇧⌘ – | Complex conjugation of the result | |
| ⌘ ' | Invert the result | |
| ⌘ : | Change the result to time | |
| ⌘ % | Change the result to percent | |
| Memory | = | Set the memory e.g. m = 55 |
| A | Insert memory ‘a’ | |
| A A | Insert memory ‘a2’ | |
| B | Insert memory ‘b’ | |
| B B | Insert memory ‘b2’ | |
| M | Insert memory ‘m’ | |
| M M | Insert memory ‘m2’ | |
| N | Insert memory ‘n’ | |
| N N | Insert memory ‘n2’ | |
| Tax | V | Insert tax |
| You can press V repeatedly to cycle through various rates. You can use T instead of V: Go to Preferences > Shortcuts. |
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| ⇧ i | Indicate a value is inclusive of tax. | |
| You can use i instead of ⇧ i by making the inclusive button ‘inc’ as the default. Learn more |
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| Exponents | ^ or Y |
x y Power |
⇧ Y |
x1/y Inverse Power |
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Z |
x 2 Square |
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⇧ Z |
x 3 Cube |
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| J | √ Square Root | |
⇧ J |
n√ N-th Root |
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' (single quote) |
x –1 Inverse |
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E |
ex e to the power |
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⇧ E |
10x 10 to the power |
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2x — press and hold ex button. |
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| L | loge Natural Logarithm | |
| ⇧ L | log10 Base 10 Logarithm | |
log2 — press and hold log button. |
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| ! | Factorial | |
| Angles | ⌥⌘ R | Switch between degrees and radians |
| P | π Pi, 3.14159… | |
| H | Hypotenuse ⊿ e.g. 3⊿4 = 5 | |
| ⇧ H | Adjacent ⩘ e.g. 5⩘4 = 3 | |
| Trigonometry | S | sin Cosine |
| C | cos Cosine | |
| T | tan Tangent | |
| ⇧ S | sin⁻¹ Arcsine | |
| ⇧ C | cos⁻¹ Arccosine | |
| ⇧ T | tan⁻¹ Arctangent | |
| Tip | Cool way to inverse: | |
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sin–1 is made of sin and –1 (inverse) You can press S then ' (single quote). |
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| Hyperbolic Functions | H |
Hyperbolic |
| sinh | SH | |
| cosh | CH | |
| tanh | TH | |
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Use ' (single quote) for inverse –1. |
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| sinh⁻¹ | SH' | |
| cosh⁻¹ | CH' | |
| tanh⁻¹ | TH' | |
| Complex Numbers | i | Imaginary unit i |
| < | Polar Enter complex number in r ∠ θ | |
| ⌥⌘ P | Display complex result in polar format | |
| Note: | You can find absolute value, argument, real, and imaginary parts under Extra Functions | |
| Bitwise Operators | & | Bitwise And |
| | | Bitwise Or | |
| ^ | Bitwise Exclusive Or | |
| ` | Bitwise Nor | |
| ! | Bitwise Not | |
| Note: | The above shortcuts are only available in binary, octal, and hexadecimal. | |
| Extra Functions | F1 + F2 | You can pick a function for these buttons. Functions such as:
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| ⇧⌘ F |
Show Function Browser |
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| F or F1 |
Insert F1 function. |
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| G or F2 |
Insert F2 function. |
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| F and G are the preferred shortcuts because F1 and F2 could be used by OS X or some other apps. | ||