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hp
12c platinum financial calculator
user's guide
H
Edition 4
HP part number F2232-90001
File name: hp 12c pt_user's guide_English_HDPMF123E27 Page: 1 of 275
Printed Date: 2005/8/1 Dimension: 14.8 cm x 21 cm
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Notice REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT AT: www.register.hp.com THIS MANUAL AND ANY EXAMPLES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION
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Introduction About This Handbook This hp 12c platinum user's guide is intended to help you get the most out of your investment in your hp 12c platinum Programmable Financial Calculator. Although the excitement of acquiring this powerful financial tool may prompt you to set this handbook aside and immediately begin “pressing buttons,” in the long run you’ll profit by reading through this handbook and working through the examples it contains. Following this introduction is a brief secti
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4 Introduction The various appendices describe additional details of calculator operation as well as warranty and service information. The Function Key Index and Programming Key Index at the back of the handbook can be used as a handy page reference to the comprehensive information inside the manual. Financial Calculations in the United Kingdom The calculations for most financial problems in the United Kingdom are identical to the calculations for those problems in the United States —
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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 ...........................................
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6 Contents Percent of Total in ALG Mode ................................................. 36 Calendar Functions...................................................................... 37 Date Format ......................................................................... 37 Future or Past Dates............................................................... 38 Number of Days Between Dates ............................................. 40 Section 3: Basic Financial Functions ..............
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Contents 7 Status Indicators ....................................................................87 Number Display Formats ........................................................87 Scientific Notation Display Format ...........................................88 Special Displays ....................................................................90 The Key in RPN Mode..........................................................90 The Key in RPN Mode ....................................
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8 Contents Looping.................................................................................... 126 Conditional Branching ............................................................... 129 Section 10: Program Editing...............................................139 Changing the Instruction in a Program Line ................................... 139 Adding Instructions at the End of a Program.................................. 140 Adding Instructions within a Program ..............
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Contents 9 Section 15: Savings .......................................................... 213 Nominal Rate Converted to Effective Rate......................................213 Effective Rate Converted to Nominal Rate......................................215 Continuous Rate Converted to Effective Rate...................................216 Section 16: Bonds............................................................. 217 30/360 Day Basis Bonds .............................................
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10 Contents Error 2: Statistics........................................................................ 246 Error 3: IRR............................................................................... 246 Error 4: Memory ....................................................................... 246 Error 5: Compound Interest..........................................................247 Error 6: Storage Registers ............................................................248 Error 7: IRR ..
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Contents 11 Low-Power Indication ..................................................................259 Installing a New Battery .......................................................260 Verifying Proper Operation (Self-Tests)...........................................261 Warranty ..................................................................................263 Service .....................................................................................264 Regulatory Information..
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Making Financial Calculations Easy Before you begin to read through this handbook, let’s take a look at how easy financial calculations can be with your hp 12c platinum. While working through the examples below, don’t be concerned about learning how to use the calculator; we’ll cover that thoroughly beginning with Section 1. Example 1: Suppose you want to ensure that you can finance your daughter’s college education 14 years from today. You expect that the cost will be about $6,000 a
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Making Financial Calculations Easy 13 Note: A battery symbol ( ) shown in the upper-left corner of the display when the calculator is on signifies that the available battery power is nearly exhausted. To install new batteries, refer to Appendix F. The calendar functions and nearly all of the financial functions take some time to produce an answer. (This is typically just a few seconds, but the¼, !, L, and S functions could require a half-minute or more.) During these calculations, the
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14 Making Financial Calculations Easy Keystrokes Display M 10,371.79 Value of policy in 14 years. Example 3: The preceding example showed that the insurance policy will provide about half the required amount. An additional amount must be set aside to provide the balance (21,396.61 – 10,371.79 = 11,024.82). Suppose you make monthly payments, beginning at the end of next month, into an account that pays 6% annually, compounded monthly. What payment amount would be required in order to a
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Part I Problem Solving File name: hp 12c pt_user's guide_English_HDPMF123E27 Page: 15 of 275 Printed Date: 2005/8/1 Dimension: 14.8 cm x 21 cm
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Section 1 Getting Started Power On and Off To begin using your hp 12c platinum, press the ; key . Pressing ; again * turns the calculator off. If not manually turned off, the calculator will turn off automatically 12 minutes after it was last used. Low-Power Indication A battery symbol ( ) shown in the upper-left corner of the display when the calculator is on signifies that the available battery power is nearly exhausted. To replace the batteries, refer to Appendix F. Adjusting the
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Section 1: Getting Started 17 Throughout this handbook, references to the functions shown on the keyboard in gold under the bracket labeled “ CLEAR” appear throughout this handbook preceded by the word “CLEAR” (for example, “The CLEARH function …” or “Pressing fCLEARH …”). If you press the f or g prefix key mistakenly, you can cancel it by pressing f X ? : i CLEAR . This can also be pressed to cancel the , , and keys. (These keys are “prefix” keys in the sense that other keys must be pr
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18 Section 1: Getting Started Keying in Large Numbers Since the display cannot show more than 10 digits of a number, numbers greater than 9,999,999,999 cannot be entered into the display by keying in all the digits in the number. However, such numbers can be easily entered into the display if the number is expressed in a mathematical shorthand called “scientific notation.” To convert a number into scientific notation, move the decimal point until there is only one digit (a nonzero digit)
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Section 1: Getting Started 19 Keystrokes Display (ALG mode) 12345gÚgÚ 123.63 .63+ Correcting removes the 4 and 5. gÚ clears the most recent digit entered. 5} 128.63 } is also labeled the \ key. gÚ 0.00 Clears the calculator line. The CLEAR Keys Clearing a register or the display replaces the number in it with zero. Clearing program memory replaces the instructions there with gi000. There are several clearing operations on the hp 12c platinum, as shown in the table below: K
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20 Section 1: Getting Started Undo Operation Every time you press O, gÚ, fCLEARH, fCLEAR² or fCLEARG key to clear data, the status indicator appears in the display. This means you can press gß to undo the last operation (i.e., to recover the data.) Note: the Undo function is only available immediately after data has been cleared. When the Undo indicator is turned off no operation can be undone. The RPN and ALG Keys The calculator can be set to perform arithmetic operations in either RP
