HP Prime Graphing NW280AAABA manual Getting started, Before starting

Models: Prime Graphing NW280AAABA

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Getting started

The HP Prime Graphing Calculator is an easy-to-use yet powerful graphing calculator designed for secondary mathematics education and beyond. It offers hundreds of functions and commands, and includes a computer algebra system (CAS) for symbolic calculations.

In addition to an extensive library of functions and commands, the calculator comes with a set of HP apps. An HP app is a special application designed to help you explore a particular branch of mathematics or to solve a problem of a particular type. For example, there is a HP app that will help you explore geometry and another to help you explore parametric equations. There are also apps to help you solve systems of linear equations and to solve time-value-of-money problems.

The HP Prime also has its own programming language you can use to explore and solve mathematical problems.

Functions, commands, apps and programming are covered in detail later in this guide. In this chapter, the general features of the calculator are explained, along with common interactions and basic mathematical operations.

Before starting

Charge the battery fully before using the calculator for the first time. To charge the battery, either:

Connect the calculator to a computer using the USB cable that came in the package with your HP Prime. (The PC needs to be on for charging to occur.)

Connect the calculator to a wall outlet using the HP- provided wall adapter.

Getting started

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HP Prime Graphing NW280AAABA manual Getting started, Before starting