Using HP35S with DMS

Johnny2 · 2024-06-28T06:36:58Z

Studying for my FS exam and bought the (very expensive) HP35S calculator off of eBay. Attempted to do some sin, cos, tan etc of angles using degrees, minutes, seconds, and it seems to be a huge downfall of the calculator. It has a HMS option where you can enter a DMS value, but it’s in XX.XXXX format (there are no symbols for DMS). So this is easily confused with just a decimal number instead of DMS. Basically a DMS formatted number looks the same as a decimal on this calculator because it doesn’t have the DMS symbols. Seems like a huge downfall to me. Thinking of switching to the TI-36X pro since you can insert the degree, minutes, seconds symbol and it will spit out an answer with the symbols. Less guess work.

Summarize Topic

Page 2 / 2 Prev

Education & Training

Last Post by yayau 2 weeks ago

21 Posts

12 Users

0 Reactions

3,679 Views

RSS

yayau

(@yayau)

Posts: 1

Member

Translate ▼

I can understand that frustration, especially after investing in an expensive calculator. For exam work, clarity and speed matter a lot, and if the DMS input format creates confusion it can slow you down or lead to mistakes. The TI-36X Pro does sound more practical if you prefer seeing degree, minute, and second symbols directly. Sometimes the best calculator is the one that feels more natural under exam pressure.

Posted : May 18, 2026 1:02 am

Page 2 / 2 Prev

26 Forums
54.5 K Topics
592.1 K Posts
274 Online
16.9 K Members

Forum Icons: Forum contains no unread posts Forum contains unread posts

Topic Icons: Not Replied Replied Active Hot Sticky Unapproved Solved Private Closed

Using HP35S with DMS

Please support our supporters!

Our Policies

Quick Links

Support