4.7

Out of 3 Ratings

Owner's of the HP (Hewlett-Packard) Calculator HP 12C Financial Calculator gave it a score of 4.7 out of 5. Here's how the scores stacked up:
  • Reliability

    5.0 out of 5
  • Durability

    5.0 out of 5
  • Maintenance

    5.0 out of 5
  • Performance

    5.0 out of 5
  • Ease of Use

    3.5 out of 5
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70 Section 3: Basic Financial Functions
File name: hp 12c pt_user's guide_English_HDPMF123E27 Page: 70 of 275
Printed Date: 2005/8/1 Dimension: 14.8 cm x 21 cm
Keystrokes Display
1498.12
ÞP
–1,498.12
Enters PMT (with minus sign for cash
paid out).
–1,498.12
Sets payment mode to End.
12
f!
–13,006.53
Portion of first year’s payments (12
months) applied to interest.
~
–4,970.91
Portion of first year’s payments
applied to principal.
:$
245,029.09
Balance remaining after 1 year.
:n
12.00
Total number of payments amortized.
The number of payments keyed in just before
f!
is pressed is taken to be the
payments following any that have already been amortized. Thus, if you now press
12
f!
, your hp 12c platinum will calculate the amounts applied to interest and
to the principal from the second year’s payments (that is, the second 12 months):
Keystrokes Display
12
f!
–12,739.18
Portion of second year’s payments
applied to interest.
~
–5,238.26
Portion of second year’s payments
applied to principal.
dd
12.00
Number of payments just amortized.
:$
239,790.83
Balance remaining after 2 years.
:n
24.00
Total number of payments amortized.
Pressing
:$
or
:n
displays the number in the PV or n register. When you
did so after each of the last two calculations, you may have noticed that PV and n
had been changed from their original values. The calculator does this so that you
can easily check the remaining balance and the total number of payments
amortized. But because of this, if you want to generate a new amortization
schedule from the beginning, you must reset PV to its original value and reset n to
0.
For example, suppose you now wanted to generate an amortization schedule for
each of the first two months:
Keystrokes Display
250000
$
250,000.00
Resets PV to original value.
0
n
0.00
Resets n to zero.