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Getting started, Order of operations, Using parentheses – Calculated Industries 4095-A User Guide User Manual

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You may want to practice getting a feel for your calculator keys

by reading through the key definitions and learning how to enter

basic feet-inch-fractions and metric, how to store values in

Memory, etc., before proceeding to the examples.

Order of Operations

Unlike other Calculated Industries calculators, which use the

Chaining Method of Operations, this calculator uses the Order

of Operation Method.

● Chaining Method (“as entered”): 10 + 4 x 5 = 70
● Order of Operations: 10 + 4 x 5 = 30

The Order of Operations method of computing is based on the

following order of precedence:

1) Expressions inside of parentheses
2) Single-variable functions that perform the calculation

and display the result immediately (trig functions, square,

square root, x

y

, percent, reciprocal, angle conversions)

3) Multiplication and division
4) Addition and subtraction
5) Equals (completes all operations)

If you need to calculate using the Chaining Method, you can

change this in your calculator Preference Settings.

Using Parentheses

Your calculator has parentheses keys  and  for performing

mathematical operations. (In the Order of Operations method,

expressions inside of parentheses are performed first.)

The calculator offers up to 21 levels of parenthesis:

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