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Quick Start Guide
Edition 1
HP Part Number: NW280- 1 001

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  • Page 1 HP Prime Graphing Calculator Quick Start Guide Edition 1 HP Part Number: NW280- 1 001...
  • Page 2 Keyboard Legend The table and photo on the following page illustrate a few of the many features available on the HP Prime Graphing Calculator. These features, as well as other features of the calculator, are discussed in this quick start guide. For a complete list of features, refer to the HP Prime Graphing Calculator User’s Guide available on the HP website: http://www.hp.com/support.
  • Page 3 HP Prime: Keyboard Legend Number Feature LCD and touch-screen: 320 × 240 pixels Context-sensitive touch-button menu HP Apps keys Home view and Home preference settings Common math and science functions Alpha and Shift keys On, Cancel and Off key List, matrix, program, and note catalogs...
  • Page 4 h the Advanced Graphing app...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Storing Values in Variables ......................7 Copy and Paste ......................... 8 Understanding the User Interface ....................9 Computer Algebra System (CAS) ....................10 2. HP Apps and their Views ..................13 HP Apps ..........................13 App Views ..........................15 Graphing Methods........................17 3.
  • Page 6 Statistics 2Var App ........................37 Inference App .......................... 39 DataStreamer App ........................40 Solve App ..........................42 4. Solver Apps......................43 Finance App..........................43 Linear Solver App........................46 Triangle Solver App........................47 5. Explorer Apps......................48 Linear Explorer and Quadratic Explorer Apps ................48 Trig Explorer App........................

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    This quick start guide covers basic tasks, such as entering and editing expressions, plotting their graphs, and creating tables of values generated by expressions. It also serves as an introduction to HP apps. HP apps are special applications designed for the study and exploration of a branch of mathematics or to solve problems of one or more special types.

  • Page 8: Charging The Battery

    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.)

  • Page 9: Turning On And Off

    • To reduce other potential safety risks, only use the wall adapter provided with the calculator, a replacement wall adapter provided by HP, or a wall adapter purchased as an accessory from HP. Turning On and Off To turn the calculator on, press O .

  • Page 10: Navigation

    Navigation The HP Prime offers two modes of navigation: by touch and by keypress. In many cases, you can tap on an icon, field, menu, or object to select (or deselect) it. For example, you can open the Function app by tapping once on its icon in the Application Library.

  • Page 11: Entering And Editing Expressions

    Alternatively, you can just tap the field or field label, and: • if the field allows you to enter data of your choice, tap it, enter your data, and tap • if the field allows you to choose an item from a menu, tap on it twice and select the item you want. •...

  • Page 12: Entering Text

    The examples in this guide will illustrate the textbook mode of entry. The order in which items are entered in textbook mode is the same in algebraic mode. Only the appearance of the entry is different. However, the order of entry in RPN mode is different. If you prefer to use RPN, consult the User Guide.

  • Page 13: Editing, Deleting, And Clearing

    Editing, Deleting, and Clearing With an expression highlighted in history, tap . The expression is copied to the entry line (as shown at the right). If you had meant to enter , you can edit the current expression by moving the cursor to the right of the , pressing C , and then typing 3.

  • Page 14: Copy And Paste

    A x A oA tA w S . 55 E assigns 55 to the variable YOU. A subsequent calculation such as YOU+ME would yield 156. The HP Prime keeps a list of all the variables you create. You can see this list by pressing a , tapping...

  • Page 15: Understanding The User Interface

    Understanding the User Interface Menu Items Check Boxes The bottom of the display A check box enables you select contains a menu of up to six or deselect a single option. To items. You choose an item by change a current selection, tap tapping it once with your finger.

  • Page 16: Computer Algebra System (Cas)

    Home view or by an app, are numerical calculations and often approximations limited by the precision of the calculator (to 10 in the case of the HP Prime). For example, yields the –12...
  • Page 17 CAS calculations: Some examples Suppose you want to find the quotient when x + 2x + 3x +4 is divided by –x + 2. 1. Press K to open the CAS. 2. Press D to display the Toolbox menus. 3. If the CAS menu is not open, tap Note that the CAS functions are grouped by category.
  • Page 18 6. Press E to see the result: –x – 4x –1 1. Note that the input and result appear in history, where you can select them for re-use. We will now re-use the function to determine the remainder of the division. 7.

  • Page 19: Hp Apps And Their Views

    HP Apps Much of the functionality of the HP Prime is provided in packages called HP apps. The HP Prime comes with 18 HP apps: 12 dedicated to mathematical topics or tasks, three specialized Solvers, and three function Explorers. You launch an app by first...
  • Page 20 The three specialized Solvers—outlined in Table 2—are designed to help you solve problems of a specific type. Table 2: HP Solver Apps Solver App Name Purpose Finance Solve time-value-of-money (TVM) and amortization problems Linear Solver Solve 2 × 2 and 3 × 3 systems of linear equations...

  • Page 21: App Views

    Data sharing Using the supplied USB cable, you can send an app from one HP Prime to another. It can be a built-in app or one you’ve customized. In fact, you can share with other HP Prime users many of the objects you create using your HP Prime, such as programs, notes, lists, and matrices.
  • Page 22 The six primary app views are illustrated below (using the Function app as an example). Symbolic View: Symbolic Setup: (Settings) This view is primarily used to This view enables you to define the mathematical change certain underlying objects—such as expressions settings for the app, such as the and open sentences—that will angle measure and number...

  • Page 23: Graphing Methods

    Graphing Methods The HP Prime gives you the option of choosing one of three graphing methods. These methods determine the fineness of the plot: • adaptive: this gives very accurate results and is used by default.

  • Page 24: Primary Apps

    Adaptive Fixed-step segments Fixed-step dots Primary Apps This chapter briefly describe each primary app, summarizing its major views and the functionality available in each view. These apps—and the Solver and Explorer apps—are described in detail in the User Guide. Note that all the primary variables entered in expressions and open sentences in these apps—X, Y, T, , N, etc.—must be entered as uppercase characters.
  • Page 25 Symbolic View In Symbolic view ( Y ) you can enter up to ten symbolic definitions. For the Function app, these are functions of x. An example is 2x – 3x + 4. The functions with a checkmark against them will be plotted in Plot view and tabulated in Numeric view.
  • Page 26 • : displays an input box for you to specify an x-value for the tracing cursor. You can also just enter an x-value. This displays the input box. Just tap to confirm the value. Go To This option provides a quick way to evaluate a function for a particular x-value. •...
  • Page 27 The second page of the Plot Setup view provides the following options: • : shows or hides the axes Axes • : shows or hides the axis labels (that is, the values of at the end of Labels X Rng Y Rng the axes) •...
  • Page 28 Numeric Setup view Press SM to display the Numeric Setup view. This view enables you to configure the appearance of the data displayed in Numeric view. The fields are: • : the first value of X to show in the independent variable column of the table Num Start •...
  • Page 29 Symbolic view The Symbolic view of the Advanced Graphing app enables you to specify up to ten open sentences, each expressed in terms of x, y, both, or neither. Some examples are: • x /3 – y /5 = 1 •...
  • Page 30 Numeric view Press M to display the Numeric view. For various combinations of X and Y, Numeric view shows whether the open sentence is satisfied. The illustration at the right shows that the open sentence 2x – 3y ≤ 6 (defined as S2 in Symbolic view: see above) is satisfied when X = 4.5 and Y = 1, but not when X = 4.4 and Y = 0.9.
  • Page 31 Plot Setup View Press SP to display the Plot Setup view. This view enables you to configure the appearance of the parametric graphs. This view is similar to the Plot Setup view of the Function app (see page 20), except that it also contains fields.
  • Page 32 Plot Setup view Press SP to display the Plot Setup view. This view enables you to configure the appearance of the polar graphs. This view is similar to the Plot Setup view of the Function app (see page 20), except that it also contains  and ...

  • Page 33: Geometry App

    Plot view Press P to display the Plot view and see the graphs of the sequences selected in Symbolic view. The functionality here is the same as in the Function Plot view, except that there are no functions. Plot Setup view Press SP to display the Plot Setup view.
  • Page 34 Note that there are on-screen instructions to help you. For example, Hit Center means tap at the location where you want the center of your circle to be. Always confirm your intention by pressing E after tapping the screen, and press J when you have finished drawing an object.
  • Page 35 • : for adding various polygons, such as a triangle, quadrilateral, square, parallelogram, etc. • : for adding various curves (such as a circle, ellipse, or hyperbola) and defining various plots you want to add to Plot view (such as a function, parametric, or polar plot). For example, to draw y = 1/x, tap , select Plot and Function.
  • Page 36 Numeric view Numeric view ( M ) enables you to do calculations in the Geometry app. The results displayed are dynamic—if you manipulate an object in Plot view, any calculations in Numeric view that refer to that object are automatically updated to reflect the new properties of the manipulated object.

  • Page 37: Spreadsheet App

    (by tapping the row number). You can even select the entire spreadsheet: just tap on the unnumbered cell at the top-left corner of the spreadsheet. (It has the HP logo in it.) A block of cells can be selected by pressing down on a cell that will be a corner cell of the selection and, after a second, dragging your finger to the diagonally opposite cell.
  • Page 38 You can also add a formula once and have it apply to every cell in the spreadsheet. You do this by placing the formula in the cell at the top left (the cell with the HP logo in it). To see how this works, suppose you want to generate a table of powers (squares, cubes, and so on) starting with the squares: 1.
  • Page 39 Cells, rows, and columns can be named. To name a cell, row, or column, go the cell, row header, or column header, enter a name and tap . The name can then be used in a formula. Consider the following example: 1.
  • Page 40 • : displays a menu for you to choose a column to sort (with a further option to sort in ascending or descending order). It appears only after you have selected the cells to sort. • : displays a menu of formatting options for the selected cell, row, column, or entire spreadsheet.

  • Page 41: Statistics 1Var App

    Statistics 1Var App The Statistics 1Var app is designed for the study of univariate statistics. It provides tools for entering numeric data, calculating 1-variable summary statistics, and plotting 1-variable statistical graphs. The app can exchange data with the Statistics 2Var app and the Spreadsheet app (explained in the User Guide).
  • Page 42 Symbolic view Press Y to display the Symbolic view. You can define up to five 1-variable analyses (H1–H5), choosing for each analysis a data column and, optionally, a frequency column. For the data column, you can enter either the name of a column (D0–D9) or a mathematical expression involving the name of a column (e.g.

  • Page 43: Statistics 2Var App

    Statistics 2Var App The Statistics 2Var app is designed for the study of bivariate statistics. It provides tools for entering numerical data, calculating 2-variable summary statistics, and creating 2-variable statistical plots. The app can exchange data with the Statistics 1Var app and the Spreadsheet app (explained in the User Guide).
  • Page 44 When specifying dependent and independent columns in the fields, you can enter column names (e.g. C1) or mathematical expressions in terms of column names (e.g. 2*C1). Plot view Press P to display the Plot view. This view displays the scatter plot for each selected analysis.

  • Page 45: Inference App

    Inference App The Inference app provides tools for inferential statistics, enabling you to specify confidence intervals and test hypotheses. Summary statistics from any column in the Numeric view of the Statistics 1Var or Statistics 2Var app can be imported into it. To open the Inference app, press I and select .

  • Page 46: Datastreamer App

    See the HP StreamSmart 410 User Guide for complete details. First connect the HP StreamSmart 410 to the HP Prime and then connect between one and four sensors to the HP StreamSmart.
  • Page 47 • : toggles the action of the cursor keys between pan (that is, scroll) and zoom. Zoom in or out horizontally on the streams even while data is streaming, effectively speeding them up or slowing them down. Scroll vertically to separate or center the streams.

  • Page 48: Solve App

    Solve App The Solve app enables you to define up to ten equations, each with as many variables as you like. You can solve a single equation for one of its variables, based on a seed value. You can also solve a system of equations (linear or non-linear), again using seed values.

  • Page 49: Solver Apps

    Solver Apps The HP Prime has three Solver apps, each designed to solve problems of a specific type: a Finance app, a Linear Solver app, and a Triangle Solver app. The Finance app solves time-value-of-money (TVM) and amortization problems, the Linear Solver finds solutions to systems of linear equations, and the Triangle Solver finds measures of angles and lengths of sides in problems involving triangles.
  • Page 50 • : the number of compounding periods per year C/YR • : the value at the end of the cash flow • : whether payment is made at the beginning or end of each period • : number of payments per group (for an amortization schedule) Group Size The menu items are: •...
  • Page 51 Example 2 To continue the previous example, suppose you expect to sell the house after 10 years, repaying the balance of the loan with a balloon payment. What will be the amount of the balloon payment? To solve this problem you need to display the amortization schedule for the loan.

  • Page 52: Linear Solver App

    Linear Solver App The Linear Solver app solves 2×2 and 3×3 systems of linear equations. To open the Linear Solver app, press I and select .The Linear Solver app has two pages: one for 2×2 Linear Solver systems and the other for 3×3 systems. By default, the 3×3 page is displayed on opening. Enter a value for the coefficient of each linear equation and note the solution given below the equations.

  • Page 53: Triangle Solver App

    Triangle Solver App This app calculates the lengths of sides and the sizes of angles in triangles. To open the Triangle Solver app, press I and select Triangle Solver The lengths of sides are represented by a, b, and c, and the angle opposite each side is represented by A, B, and C respectively.

  • Page 54: Explorer Apps

    Note that in this case, there is a second solution. You can tell that by the presence of a new menu item: . Tap to see the second solution: c = 3.825… Press again to see the earlier result. Solution 1 Solution 2 Explorer Apps Explorer apps are designed for you to explore linear, quadratic, and trigonometric functions.
  • Page 55 The left half of the display shows the graph of a quadratic function. The right half shows the general form of the equation being explored (at the top) and, below it, the current equation of that form. Symbols of the keys you can use to manipulate the equation or graph appear below the equation.

  • Page 56: Trig Explorer App

    Test view is like equation mode in that you use the change keys to select and change the value of each parameter in the equation. The goal is to try to match the graph that is shown. The menu items in test view are: •...
  • Page 57 The current equation is shown at the top of the display, with the graph of it below. The menu items are: • : toggles between graph and equation modes • : toggles between sine and cosine graphs • : toggles between radians and degrees as the angle measure for x •...

  • Page 58: Creating Customized Apps

    Quadratic Explorer (see page 49). Creating Customized Apps The apps that come with the HP Prime are built in and cannot be deleted. They are always available (simply by pressing I ). However, you can create any number of customized instances of an app. You can also create an instance of an app that is based on a previously customized app.

  • Page 59: The Toolbox Menus

    The Toolbox Menus Comprehensive menus of functions, commands, and variables are grouped together in a set of five menus known as the Toolbox menus. You press the Toolbox key ( D ) to display these menus, labeled , and Math User Catlg As well as the two usual techniques for selecting a menu item—tapping on it, or using the cursor keys to highlight it and then...

  • Page 60: Cas Menu

    CAS Menu This menu contains the more common math functions available to you in the CAS, arranged by category. (Other CAS functions are available from the menu.) Press D and, if necessary, Catlg . Select the appropriate category and then choose the function you want. For example, suppose you want to find the greatest common divisor of 4656, 764 and 8794: 1.

  • Page 61: User Menu

    Catalog Menu (Catlg) The Toolbox key also gives you access to a menu of every command and function available on the HP Prime. Tap and tap the command or function you want. It is copied to the location of the cursor.

  • Page 62: Catalogs And Editors

    Catalogs and Editors The HP Prime provides a number of handy catalogs for you to store the lists, matrices, programs, and notes you create. Each of these catalogs has an editor to help you quickly create and modify a list, matrix, program, or note. Like apps, items you add to a catalog can be sent to another HP Prime using the supplied USB cable (see “Data sharing”...

  • Page 63: Matrix Catalog And Editor

    : opens the selected matrix or vector for you to add or change elements. You can also just tap on its name. • : deletes the contents of the selected matrix or vector • : changes the selected matrix into a vector • : sends the selected matrix or vector to another HP Prime...

  • Page 64: Program Catalog And Editor

    Math Program Catalog and Editor The HP Prime has a powerful programming language that can be put to many uses. Programs are created and modified in an editor and stored in a catalog. Press Sx (Program) to display the Program Catalog. You can edit, run, and debug a...
  • Page 65  : delete all programs in the Program Catalog Clear  • : sends the selected program to another HP Prime • : debugs the selected program • : runs the selected program You can enter your program letter-by-letter if you know the command names, or use one of the menus available when the Program Editor is open: •...

  • Page 66: Note Catalog And Editor

    See the User Guide for more information about programming the HP Prime. Note Catalog and Editor The HP Prime has a note-recording feature that enables you to build a library of notes. Press SN (Notes) to display the Note Catalog.
  • Page 67 and enter a name for your new note. Tap twice. The Note Editor opens for you to enter your note. The menu items in the Note Editor are: • : provides options for setting the font size, foreground color, background color, and paragraph alignment •...

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