Contents

Introduction....................................................................

3

About This Handbook .....................................................................

3

Financial Calculations in the United Kingdom.....................................

4

For More Solutions to Financial Problems...........................................

4

Part I. Problem Solving .........................................

15

Section 1:Getting Started.............................................

16

Power On and Off........................................................................

16

Low-Power Indication..............................................................

16

The Keyboard ..............................................................................

16

Keying in Numbers ................................................................

17

Digit Separators ....................................................................

17

Negative Numbers ................................................................

17

Keying in Large Numbers .......................................................

18

The CLEAR Keys ....................................................................

18

Simple Arithmetic Calculations .......................................................

19

Chain Calculations .......................................................................

20

Storage Registers..........................................................................

23

Storing and Recalling Numbers ...............................................

23

Clearing Storage Registers......................................................

24

Storage Register Arithmetic

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24

Section 2: Percentage and Calendar Functions................

26

Percentage Functions.....................................................................

26

Percentages ..........................................................................

26

Net Amount ..........................................................................

27

Percent Difference ..................................................................

27

Percent of Total......................................................................

28

Calendar Functions.......................................................................

29

Date Format..........................................................................

29

Future or Past Dates................................................................

30

Number of Days Between Dates ..............................................

31

Section 3:Basic Financial Functions ...............................

32

The Financial Registers ..................................................................

32

Storing Numbers Into the Financial Registers .............................

32

Displaying Numbers in the Financial Registers...........................

32

 

 

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