USINGTHEHEWLETTPACKARD‐HP10BIIFINANCIALCALCULATOR
Basicfinancialexampleswithfinancialcalculatorsteps
PreparedbyColinCSmith2010
Someimportantthingstoconsider
1. ThesenotescoverbasicfinancialcalculationsusingtheHP10bIIfinancialcalculator.Thenotesdonotdealwith
theunderlyingtheoryand/orformulae.Studentsshouldideallyhaveaworkingknowledgeoftheundelying
theory.
2. Atbestthesenotesaredesignedtogetyoustarted.
Theydonotclaimtobeacomprehensiveguidetotheuseof
yourcalculator.Consultyourusermanualformoreinformationandfurtherexamples.
3. Thelogicusedinapproachingtheseexampleswillbesimilartothelogicusedwhenperformingmanual
calculations–theinterestrateisconvertedtoaperiodicinterestrate(
i
/
m
)andthenumberofyearswillbe
convertedtocompoundingperiods(nxm).
4. Financialcalculatorshavefunctionalitynotavailabletothehumanbrainandthemulti‐functionalityoffinancial
calculatorsisnotdemonstratedinthesenotes.Ifyouusedifferentfunctionalityandgetthesameanswer–
congratulations
‐youareanadvancedfinancialcalculatoruser.Ifyouusedifferentfunctionalityanddonotget
thesameanswerfollowourbasicstepsandreadyourmanualtolearnmore.
INDEX
Page
GettingStarted
2
Lumpsums–PresentValuesandFuturevalues
3
Lumpsums–InterestRatesandPeriods,andNominalandEffectiveInterestRates
4
Annuities–Ordinaryannuitiesandannuitiesdue
5‐6
Amortisation–Calculatingtheannualamountofinterestpaidand
capitalrepaid
7‐9
Bondvaluation–Calculatingthevalueofannual,semi‐annualcompoundedbondsandcalculating
theyieldtomaturity
10
NetPresentValueandInternalRateofReturn
11