How to get rid of scientfic notaion

You're in scientific or engineering notation. Press SHIFT SETUP 6 followed by the number of digits you want after the decimal point to switch to fixed decimal notation.

In the default NORM1 display mode, values whose magnitude are less than 0.01 are automatically displayed in scientific notation.

Press SHIFT MODE 8 2 to select the NORM2 display mode. In this mode, the calculator does not switch to scientific notation until the magnitude drops below 0.000000001 .

This is all described in the "Calculation Modes and Calculator Setup" section of the manual, beginning on page E-7.

You can set your display mode to FIX or NORMAL ( 1 or 2) if you have them. However if the result is too small ( less then 0.001) or too large the calculator will use the scientific format. Generally if there are not enough display positions to show your result, the calculator uses scientific notation.

If the absolute value is less than 0.001 then the TI-84 automatically switches to scientific notation. This is just the way the calculator works.

Sorry if that wasn't the answer you wanted to see, but there it is.

Press 2nd [SCI] to switch the calculator to display all results in scientific notation. The results are the same whether you do it in scientific notation or not, it's just how the number is displayed.

For converting answer in to scientific notation do the following steps.

1.click shift key after that press mode key next to on button.

2.From the menu that is displayed in the screen press 7 for displaying answer in scientific notation.

Thank you.

Unfortunately, you don't. For numbers whose magnitudes differ too greatly from 1, the calculator automatically switches to scientific (or engineering) notation. You can press MODE and change the display settings, but there is no setting that will force the calculator to show this number without an exponent.

It sounds as if you're in either Scientific or Engineering notation. To switch to Normal:

Press MODE.
Highlight Normal on the first line and press ENTER.
Highlight Float on the second line and press ENTER.
Press 2ND QUIT to exit.

Basically you first have to put your answer into scientific notation by pressing the 3rd key then the 6 key. The screen display should change to one big zero and two small zeros.

I was workinggon the same problem with a -log of a chemistry problem to get pH and I knew the answer because I calculated it on it TI-85, but we are not allowed to use graphing calulators on the exam (:-((() so I had to figure out how to do it on this one!

For example, I had pH =-log(2.828947x10^4)

On the TI-36X you change to scientific notation using the instructions above. Once the three zeros enter on the screen:
[4]
[-]
[2nd]
[10^x]

1^-04 should appear on screen, then you multiply by 2.828947

[x]
[2][.][828947]
then your screen will show the answer in scientific notation.

2.828947 in big numbers and in small numbers -04
From there you simply press:
[log]
and your answer will show up as a negative number. Just take the absolute value of that and you have your answer. Took me like 30 minutes the night before a huge chemistry exam to figure that out! Hope it helps someone!

It looks like you got the same answer. It's just that yours is in fixed decimal notation, while the one they gave is in scientific notation. Press [2ND] [SCI] to switch to scientific notation.