| Numbers | 0 to 9 | Enter digits 0 to 9 |
| A to F | Enter hexadecimal digits 10 to 15 | |
| • | Decimal point European users, you can use comma ( , ). |
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| ⌘ – | Switch the sign of the current number | |
| 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 | |
| % | Percentage | |
| ⌘ % | Change the result to percent | |
| = or ↩ | Equals | |
| R | Result | |
| ( or [ | Left Parenthesis | |
| ) or ] | Right Parenthesis | |
| Clearance | ⌫ | Delete the last digit or element |
| ⌧ or ⌥⌫ | Clear the current number | |
| ⌘ ⌧ or ⌘⌫ | All Clear clear the display | |
| ⌫ = Delete ⌧ = Clear on the numeric keypad |
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| Memory | M | Insert memory |
| ⇧⌘⌫ | Reset Memories, i.e. setting them to zero | |
| You can press M repeatedly to cycle through the different memories. |
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| Tax | V | Insert tax |
| press + then V | Add tax to the current number | |
| press – then V | Subtract tax from the current number | |
| You can press V repeatedly to cycle through various rates. You can also use T instead of V: Go to Preferences > Shortcuts. |
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| Exponents | ^ or Y |
x y Power |
⇧ Y |
x1/y Inverse Power |
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Z or ⇧ 2 |
x 2 Square |
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⇧ Z or ⇧ 3 |
x 3 Cube |
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Note: ⇧ 2 and ⇧ 3 are not available on the French, Swiss, and Belgian keyboards. |
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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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" (double quote) |
x –n Negative Power |
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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 — right-click or control-click the ex button. |
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| L | loge Natural Logarithm | |
| ⇧ L | log10 Base 10 Logarithm | |
log2 — right-click or control-click log button. |
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| Angles | ⌘ > | Switch between degrees and radians |
| P | π Pi, 3.14159… | |
| H | Hypotenuse e.g. 3 H 4 = 5 | |
| 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 | |
| ⌘ < | Display complex result in polar format | |
| A | Absolute value of a complex number | |
| ⇧ A | Argument of a complex number | |
| B | Real part of a complex number | |
| ⇧ B | Imaginary part of a complex number | |
| …3 x 2 x 1 | ! | Factorial |
| Note: | Permutations and combinations are under Extra Functions | |
| Bitwise Operators | & | Bitwise And |
| | | Bitwise Or | |
| ^ | Bitwise Exclusive Or | |
| ` | Bitwise Nor | |
| ~ | Bitwise Not | |