Range Of Numbers And Overflow; Doing Arithmetic - HP 33s Owner's Manual

If you execute a function to calculate a result, the cursor disappears because the
number is complete — digit entry has been terminated.
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Pressing
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number, press
number
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If digit entry is not terminated (if the cursor is present),
the last digit. If digit entry is terminated (no cursor),
the entire number. Try it!

Range of Numbers and OVERFLOW

The smallest number available on the calculator is 1 × 10
is 9.99999999999 × 10
If a calculation produces a result that exceeds the largest possible number,
9.99999999999 × 10
 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.
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terminates digit entry. To separate two numbers, key in the first
to terminate digit, entry, and then key in the second
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499
(displayed as 
499
is returned, and the warning message
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is not complete.
Digit entry is terminated.
A completed number.
Another completed number.
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backspaces to erase
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acts like
–499
. The largest number
 because of rounding).
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and clears