Investigate how a calculator rounds and displays large products when its display is limited to 9 digits.
[i]Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.[/i]
What types of numbers result in an OVERFLOW display? Why?[br]
What range of numbers result in a calculated product being displayed? Why could these products be displayed?
Were there any values that displayed in a way that surprised you?
Why would a calculator round the answer to a product?