HP 10bii Getting Started This is a brief guide to using the HP 10bII financial calculator. Before you start, you need to setting up your HP 10bII calculator. To set the number of digits after the decimal point. To enter the number of periods in a year, press # and press the (yellow-orange) ‘gold shift’ and press {P/YR} (for example, enter 12 {P/YR} for monthly). Click here for more explanation.

HP 12c (platinum) - Getting Started This is a brief guide to using the HP12C financial calculator. It does not replace your instruction booklet that comes with your HP12C, nor does it replace actually practicing with the calculator. In the materials below, BOLD FACE indicates that you press a key with that label on your HP12C ; # indicates that you press a number key; f indicates that you press the yellow-orange key; and g indicates that you press the blue key.

HP 12c (platinum) - Problem Solving (Examples) Examples Calculating a future value Calculating the present value of an annuity Calculating the value of a bond Valuing a series of uneven cash flows Calculating the yield to maturity on a bond Calculating a future value. Problem: Suppose you invest $10,000 today in an account that pays 5% interest, compounded annually, how much will you have in the account at the end of 6 years?

Calculator Policy ‘Adapted from CFA Institute’s website on calculator policy’ Two models of business calculator are authorized for use on the Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA) examinations: the Texas Instruments BA II Plus and the Hewlett Packard HP 12C or HP 12C Platinum (including the HP 12c 25th Anniversary Edition). CFA Institute strictly enforces all policies with regard to calculator usage during the exams and candidates are required to abide by CFA Institute’s policies.

HP Solve - HP Exclusive Technology HP Solve is an interactive equation-solving system which allows the user to customize the calculator. More simply, HP Solve lets you store equations that you enter, then creates menus for those equations. You can then use those menus to perform calculations in the same manner as many of the built-in menus. How does HP Solve work ? In HP Solve, the user types in an equation that describes a particular problem using names of the user’s choice, traditional algebraic operators, and any of the calculator’s built-in set of advanced mathematical functions and conditionals.

RPN - HP Exclusive Technology RPN or Reverse Polish Notation is an efficient data entry method that eliminates the need to enter parentheses in equations, has been a favorite of HP calculator fans for more than 30 years, and it remains alive and well at HP. In the 1920’s, Jan Lukasiewicz developed a formal logic system which allowed mathematical expressions to be specified without parentheses by placing the operators before (prefix notation) or after (postfix notation) the operands.

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HP 10bii Tutorial To begin, look at the face of the calculator. Every key (except two, the gold and purple shift keys) on the hp 10bii (HP10BII) has two or possibly three functions: each key’s primary function is noted in white on the key itself, while each key’s secondary function is noted in gold. A third possible function is noted in purple over the key. For business purposes, we will be focusing on the white and gold functions.