HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP 33s Calculator User Manual


 
1–16 Getting Started
File name 33s-English-Manual-040130-Publication(Edition 2).doc Page : 388
Printed Date : 2004/1/30 Size : 13.7 x 21.2 cm
Keys: Display: Description:
123

_ Digit entry not terminated: the number
is not complete.
If you execute a function to calculate a result, the cursor disappears because the
number is complete — digit entry has been terminated.
?

Digit entry is terminated.
Pressing
Ï
terminates digit entry. To separate two numbers, key in the first
number, press
Ï
to terminate digit, entry, and then key in the second
number
123
Ï

A completed number.
4
Ù

Another completed number.
If digit entry is not terminated (if the cursor is present),
~
backspaces to erase
the last digit. If digit entry is terminated (no cursor),
~
acts like
Å
and clears
the entire number. Try it!
Range of Numbers and OVERFLOW
The smallest number available on the calculator is 1
×
10
–499
. The largest number
is 9.99999999999
×
10
499
(displayed as


because of rounding).
If a calculation produces a result that exceeds the largest possible number,
9.99999999999
×
10
499
is returned, and the warning message

appears.
If a calculation produces a result smaller that the smallest possible number,
zero is returned. No warning message appears.
Doing Arithmetic
All operands (numbers) must be present before you press a function key. (When
you press a function key, the calculator immediately executes the function
shown on that key.)
All calculations can be simplified into one–number functions and/or two–number
functions.