How can I avoid the display of algos in scientific notation?
Since IBIS uses standard rules for significant figures when generating algorithmic variables, a number like 30 may be displayed to students as 3.0×101. Numbers such as 30 are ambiguous as far as significant figures are concerned; they could either have 1 or 2. To avoid this ambiguity, if a trailing zero matters for significant figures, the algorithm is expressed in scientific notation for those cases. In some cases, this display may not be desirable. To avoid it, configure the range of the algorithm to go from an odd number to an odd number (e.g., 11 to 191), with an increment of 2. That way no student will receive a number ending in an ambiguous zero.
