Inputting mixed numbers on HP50g

[CosmicTruth]

(07-25-2014 11:27 AM)bootlegend Wrote:  I appreciate all the replies, but the beauty of the way mixed numbers were handled on the 35s was the efficiency. It appears the above solutions add keystrokes compared to just dividing the fractional portion and adding to the whole number, which is how I'm handling it now. I was simply hoping there was a setting buried somewhere that would allow direct fractional input in RPN mode.

nope not a setting, nope not in RPN mode...
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