User's Guide

User’s Guide — 33
Prorating a Dollar Amount
You just gave notice that you are vacat-
ing your apartment on January 15,
2007. If you are on a month to month
lease and your rent is $500 a month,
what is the prorated rent due on the
15th?
STEPS/KEYSTROKE DISPLAY
1. Reset calculator:
C x 0.
2. Set the mode to “CAL Act: Act”:
M
CAL Act: Act
3. Enter the beginning and ending dates
for January:
1 / 1 / 0 7 B
BEG 1•01•2007
1 / 3 1 / 0 7 E
END 1•31•2007
4. Enter the monthly rent amount:
5 0 0 C ∏
AMT 500
5. Enter the day you are vacating, then
calculate the number of days from
January 1 to January 15 and prorate
the rent:
1 / 1 5 / 0 7
∏
P-RT 1•15•2007
6. Find the number of prorated days:
∏ B-PR 14. DAY
7. Calculate the prorated rent:
∏
B-PR 233.33333
8. Press ∏ twice aqain.The first press
displays the number of days for which
rent is prorated. The second press
displays the prorated dollar amount:
∏
PR-E 16. DAY
∏ PR-E 266.66667