Page 2 - reorient or relocate the receiving antenna; CANADA
2 NOTICE This manual and any examples contained herein are provided as is and are subject to changewithout notice. Except to the extent prohibited by law, Hewlett-Packard Company makes noexpress or implied warranty of any kind with regard to this manual and specifically disclaimsthe implied warranti...
Page 3 - Contents
3 Contents 1. Keyboard 5 General keys 5 Memory keys 5 Special keys 5 Base-n keys 5 Function keys 6 Statistical keys 6 2. The display 7 Exponent displays 7 3. Basic functions 8 Entering numbers 8 Entering negative numbers 8 Entering exponential numbers 8 Arithmetic operator 8 Equals 8 Making correcti...
Page 4 - . Changing the battery
4 6. Binary, octal and hexadecimal values 16 Binary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal conversions 16 Binary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal calculations 16 Logical operations 17 Radix complement 18 7 . Using statistics 1 9 Entering a list of data items to analyse 19 Using statistical functions on your data 19 8 ....
Page 5 - General keys; Memory keys; ØÅ; to; Keyboard
5 1. Keyboard General keys Key Functions Page 0 to 9 : . Data entry 8 +-* Basic calculation 8 d= ¡ Reset the calculator 9 and clear the memory Ô Clear/clear error 9 Ó Change sign 8 Memory keys Key Functions Page r Retrieve data from the 11 independent memory ´ Store display data in 11 memory ³ Excha...
Page 7 - LCD Diagram; Exponent displays
7 2. The display INV HYP BIN OCT HEX M E 1 2 . 5 4 3 Mantissa LCD Diagram The display shows input data, interim results and answers to calculations. The mantissa section displays up to 10digits. The exponent section displays up to ± 99. Display Meaning Page -E- Indicates an error 9 INV I has been pr...
Page 9 - Making corrections; Press to delete the last number entered.; Clearing errors; I1⁄4; Press after your arithmetic operation, or after you press; Setting the display to scientific notation; Press to reset the display to the floating format.; Basic functions
9 Making corrections Õ Press to delete the last number entered. Ô Press to remove the displayed value, but retain the calculation being performed.Press after the arithmetic operator to cancel the entire calculation. 5+5+5+6Ô5= 20. 5+5+5+Ô= 0. Clearing errors Ô Press to clear an error (indicated by ...
Page 10 - Perform calculations in the same way that you write them on paper.; Specifying the order of calculations
10 4. Calculations Precision The HP 6S scientific calculator calculates answers to 12-digit accuracy, but rounds answersto 10 digits in the display. When it performs a calculation using the result of a previouscalculation, it uses the stored 12-digit value and not the 10-digit value displayed. Order...
Page 11 - fe; Calculations
11 Re-using arithmetic operations ++ or ** etc 3+2.3 3++2.3= 5.3 6+2.3 6= 8.3 9+2.3 9= 11.3 4(3×6) 4**(3*6= 72. -5(3×6) 5Ó= -90. Using memory ´mr³Ô ¡fe Fraction arithmetic Ë Press to enter fractions.Press Ë after = to display the fraction as a decimal. In the display, a fraction is reduced to its lo...
Page 12 - Press these keys to switch between proper and improper fractions.; Percentage calculations; Press to perform percentage calculations.
12 (1.5×10 7 ) [(2.5×10 6 ) × 3 / 100 ] = 1.5¹7-2.5¹6*3Ë100= 149250000. 3 456 / 78 = 8 11 / 13 3Ë456Ë78 3 Ö 456 × 78. = 8 Ö 11 × 13. I¬ Press these keys to switch between proper and improper fractions. 8 11 / 13 = 115 / 13 8 Ö 11 × 13. I¬ 115 × 13. I¬ 8 Ö 11 × 13. The answer to a calculation invol...
Page 13 - Converting minutes and seconds to decimal format; IÅ; Conversion between angles, radians and grads; IÙ; Trigonometric functions; cos; Other functions
13 √ 2 5. Other functions Converting minutes and seconds to decimal format Ø Press to convert minutes and seconds (sexagesimal figure) to decimal format. When youenter the sexagesimal figure, enter the degrees to the left of the decimal point, and minutesand seconds to the rightthe first and second...
Page 14 - Hyperbolic functions; sinh; Logarithmic functions; solve 4; Powers and roots
14 Hyperbolic functions sinh 3.6 = 3.6ªs 18.28545536 tanh 2.5 = 2.5ªt 0.986614298 cosh 1.5 sinh 1.5 = 1.5´ªc- M 2.352409615 rªs= M 0.22313016 sinh 1 30 = 30IªS 4.094622224 solve tanh 4x = 0.88x = tan 1 = .88IªTd4= 0.343941914 Logarithmic functions log 1.23 (=log 10 1.23) = 1.23L 0.089905111 solv...
Page 15 - Miscellaneous functions; I1⁄2; Polar to rectangular coordinates conversions
15 Miscellaneous functions 1.234 + 1.234 = I¼21.234+ 1.23 1.234= 2.47 I¼. 2.468 1 ÷ 3 + 1 ÷ 3 = I¼21d3+ 0.33 I½ 3.33-01 1d3= 6.67-01 I» 0.67 I¼. 0.666666666 123m x 456m = 56088m 123*456= 56088. = 56.088km I¾ 56.088 03 7.8g ÷ 96 = 0.08125g 7.8d96= 0.08125 = 81.25mg I¾ 81.25 - 03 Polar to rectangular ...
Page 16 - Binary, octal and hexadecimal values
16 Binary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal conversions Conversion of 22 10 to binary. 22M¥ BIN 10110. Conversion of 22 10 to octal. M§ OCT 26. Conversion of 513 10 to binary. 513M¥ E BIN 0. Conversion to binary mode generates an error if the result is greater than 10 digits. Conversion of 7FFFFFFF 16 to de...
Page 17 - BC; Logical operations; You cannot use decimal-base numbers in logical operations.
17 7654 8 ÷ 12 10 = 334.33
.10 M§7654dM¤12= 334.3333333 = 516 8 M§ OCT 516. Fractional parts of calculation results are truncated. 110 2 +456 8 x78 10 ÷1A 16 M¥110+M§456* =390 16 M¤78dM¦1A= HEX 390. =912 10 M¤ 912. Multiplication and division are given priority over addition and subtraction in mixe...
Page 18 - XNOR 5D; Radix complement; IN
18 19 16 AND 1A 16 = 18 16 M¦19&1A= HEX 18. 120 16 OR 1101 2 = 12D 16 M¦120oM¥1101= BIN 100101101 . M¦ HEX 12d. 5 16 XOR 3 16 = 6 16 M¦5X3= HEX 6. 2A 16 XNOR 5D 16 = FFFFFFFF88 16 M¦2AX5D= HEX FFFFFFFF88 . 1A 16 AND 2F 16 = A 16 M¦1A&&2F= HEX A. NOT of 1010 2 M¥10110Ì BIN 1111101001 . Ra...
Page 19 - Using statistics
19 7. Using statistics M¿ Press to use statistics mode. Statistics mode allows you to enter data and apply the statisticsfunctions to analyse the data. Entering a list of data items to analyse À Press after each data element. When you press À , the calculator displays the number of data elements ent...
Page 21 - Changing the battery
21 Read-out • Liquid crystal display suppressing unnecessary 0s (zeros). Power source • Silicon solar cell (solar model only) • Alkaline manganese battery (LR43)1 battery for the solar model; 2 batteries for the non-solar model. Ambient Temperature range • 0 ° C40 ° C (32 ° F104 ° F). Dimensions ...