HP 6S manual Calculations

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4. Calculations

Precision

The HP 6S scientific calculator calculates answers to 12-digit accuracy, but rounds answers to 10 digits in the display. When it performs a calculation using the result of a previous calculation, it uses the stored 12-digit value and not the 10-digit value displayed.

Order of operations

The HP 6S scientific calculator performs operations in the following order:

º, Ê, Ä, Ã *, d

+, -

&

o, x, X

Simple calculations

Perform calculations in the same way that you write them on paper.

7.2×8.5 – 4.7×3.9 7.2*8.5-4.7*3.9=

4×84*8=

42.87

32.

Specifying the order of calculations

( )

Use brackets to specify the order of calculations. You can nest as many as six levels of brackets.

You do not need to enter the closing brackets. The calculator inserts them for you, although it does not display them.

-5(4+3)5Ó*(4+3=

-35.

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Contents HP 6S Scientific Calculator Hewlett-Packard Company 1999. All rights reserved Regulatory Information USAContents Binary, octal and hexadecimal values Logical operations Radix complementSpecial keys Keyboard General keysMemory keys Base-n keysFunction keys Statistical keysExponent displays DisplayDisplay Basic functions Making corrections Clearing errorsSetting the display to scientific notation Fixing the number of decimal places displayedCalculations Using memory Re-using arithmetic operationsFraction arithmetic Percentage calculations 41/52 × 41Ë52*78.9= 62.20961538Conversion between angles, radians and grads Other functionsConverting minutes and seconds to decimal format Trigonometric functionsHyperbolic functions Powers and rootsLogarithmic functions Rectangular to polar coordinates conversions Miscellaneous functionsPolar to rectangular coordinates conversions Formula x = r cosθ y = r sinθBinary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal calculations Binary, octal and hexadecimal valuesBinary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal conversions Binary, octal and hexadecimal valuesLogical operations Radix complement Using statistics Using statisticsUsing statistical functions on your data Entering a list of data items to analyseSpecifications Changing the battery Changing the battery