The HP-15C: A Problem Solver 13

The display format used in this handbook is 4 (the decimal point is ―fixed‖ to show four decimal places) unless otherwise mentioned. If your calculator does not show four decimal places, you may want to press ´•4 to match the displays in the examples.

Manual Solutions

Run through the following two-number calculations. It is not necessary to clear the calculator between problems. If you enter a digit incorrectly, press

to undo the mistake, then key in the correct number.

To ComputeKeystrokesDisplay

9

- 6 = 3

9 v6 -

3.0000

9

× 6 = 54

9 v6 *

54.0000

9

÷ 6 = 1.5

9 v6 ÷

1.5000

96 = 531,441

9 v6 Y

531,441.0000

Notice that in the four examples:

Both numbers are in the calculator before you press the function key.

vis used only to separate two numbers that are keyed in one after the other.

Pressing a numeric function key, in this case -*÷or Y, executes the function immediately and displays the result.

To see the close relationship between manual and programmed problem solving, let's first calculate the solution to a problem manually, that is, from the keyboard. Then we'll use a program to calculate the solution to the same problem with different data.