HP Prime Graphing Calculator

HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Guide

Edition1 Part Number NW280-2001

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Printing History Edition 1

July 2013

Contents Preface Manual conventions ................................................................ 9 Notice ................................................................................. 10

1 Getting started

Before starting ...................................................................... 11 On/off, cancel operations...................................................... 12 The display .......................................................................... 13 Sections of the display ...................................................... 14 Navigation........................................................................... 16 Touch gestures ................................................................. 17 The keyboard ....................................................................... 18 Context-sensitive menu ...................................................... 19 Entry and edit keys................................................................ 20 Shift keys......................................................................... 22 Adding text...................................................................... 23 Math keys ....................................................................... 24 Menus ................................................................................. 28 Toolbox menus................................................................. 29 Input forms ........................................................................... 29 System-wide settings .............................................................. 30 Home settings .................................................................. 30 Specifying a Home setting ................................................. 34 Mathematical calculations ...................................................... 35 Choosing an entry type ..................................................... 36 Entering expressions ......................................................... 37 Reusing previous expressions and results ............................. 40 Storing a value in a variable.............................................. 42 Complex numbers ................................................................. 43 Sharing data ........................................................................ 44 Online Help ......................................................................... 45

2 Reverse Polish Notation (RPN)

History in RPN mode .........................................................