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===Key layout=== The following keys are common to most pocket calculators. While the arrangement of the digits is standard, the positions of other keys vary from model to model; the illustration is an example. {| class="wikitable" style="clear:right" |+ Calculator buttons and their meanings |- | MC or CM || '''M'''emory '''C'''lear | rowspan="15" |{{Calculator layout|float=center}} |- | MR, RM, or MRC || '''M'''emory '''R'''ecall |- | Mβ || '''M'''emory '''Subtraction''' |- | M+ || '''M'''emory '''Addition''' |- | C or AC || '''A'''ll '''C'''lear |- | CE || '''C'''lear (last) '''E'''ntry; sometimes called CE/C: a first press clears the last entry (CE), a second press clears all (C) |- | Β± or CHS || Toggle positive/negative number aka '''CH'''ange '''S'''ign |- | % || [[Percent]] |- | Γ· || [[Division (mathematics)|Division]] |- | Γ || [[Multiplication]] |- | β || [[Subtraction]] |- | + || [[Addition]] |- | . || [[Decimal point]] |- | β || [[Square root]] |- | = || Result |} The arrangement of digits on calculator and other [[numeric keypad]]s with the {{key press|7}}-{{key press|8}}-{{key press|9}} keys two rows above the {{key press|1}}-{{key press|2}}-{{key press|3}} keys is derived from calculators and [[cash register]]s. It is notably different from the layout of [[Telephone keypad|telephone Touch-Tone keypads]] which have the {{key press|1}}-{{key press|2}}-{{key press|3}} keys on top and {{key press|7}}-{{key press|8}}-{{key press|9}} keys on the third row.
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