To Do Simple Arithmetic - HP OmniBook 5000 User Manual

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HP Calculator "takes over" part of your OmniBook's keyboard and reassigns functions

to it. You can see these functions and the applicable keys on the display of calculator

buttons—for example, pressing the

Calc line.

Hints

To do simple arithmetic

Your OmniBook's HP Calculator application starts in algebraic mode, shown by the

letters ALG in the status line. When algebraic mode is active, you can type a number

into the Calc line, then type an arithmetic operator like +, then type another number and

press

Use

to correct a single keystroke on the Calc line.

BACKSPACE

Use

to erase the entire Calc line and reset it to zero.

DEL

1. Type the calculation in the Calc line.

2. Press

(or the

ENTER

or the

key to see the answer.

ENTER

key takes the square root of the number in the

key).

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