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ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 

 2011 Author: Diane Whitfield 

CASIO MRD Center, Portland, Oregon, USA 

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PART III 
Practice Exercises 

1.

 

Open the Main application and select Edit/Clear All. Notice the status 

bar changed to show all modes again (no longer in Bin mode). This is a 
good thing! 

2.

 

A flea traveled 3.76 yards on the first day of its journey, 2.57 yards on 
the second and 1.99 yards on the last day. Using the Main application, 
calculate the total distance traveled. 

3.

 

To the nearest tenth, how far did the flea travel? Hint: Change your mode 
setting to Fix 1 and re-execute line one to display a decimal. 

4.

 

Get a screen capture and paste it into your Lesson2 document (under a 
title of PART III). 

5.

 

Complex number and real number results are sometimes different. 

“Complex” numbers occur when there is a negative under a square root.  

6.

 

Using 2D math, try to evaluate 

. We get an error because 

 is 

undefined in the real mode (notice Real shows in your status bar). If 
square roots are new to you, be patient, you will learn about them 

someday. For now, just experiment with the ClassPad. 

7.

 

Click Real in the status bar to toggle to Cplx or open the Basic Format 
dialog box and check the box for Complex Format. Re-evaluate 

. So, 

you see  

 = 

i

.

[

is often called the imaginary unit.  “imaginary” in this 

sense does NOT mean non-existent; it means not a real number (not on 
the real number line).] 

8.

 

Get a screen capture. Please add two blank spaces following the first 
screen capture and then paste this one. 

9.

 

Ok, time to explore the soft keyboard. Try to find two music note symbols 
within the soft keyboard (they look like: 

).  

[Hint: You will find them by looking in one of the pages that appear when 

you click a lower button on the abc page! Remember to click the back 
arrow button to get back and the down arrows on the right to see more of 
a page.] 

10. Click the symbols when you find them so that they show in your window. 

Get a screen capture. Add two blank spaces following the second screen 

capture and then paste this one. 

Summary of Contents for ClassPad 101

Page 1: ...you will learn how to Identify specific parts of a window Use the ClassPad s soft keyboard Store a number in a variable and clear variables Use the Main application s buttons and menus Change number f...

Page 2: ...ic Scrollbar Getting Started What is an application In the computer world we define application as a computer program with a user interface You can think of an application as any program that you can...

Page 3: ...select commands from The ClassPad s Menu bar will change for each different application For example notice the different menu bars and toolbars Toolbar Provides a row of buttons that you can click to...

Page 4: ...rea where we can input data Status Bar Displays information about the application Icon Panel Provides a row of buttons that you can click at any time Cursor Pad Provides a way to move cursor position...

Page 5: ...Get a screen capture and paste it into your Lesson2 document under a title of PART I 7 Evaluate 8 9 5 6 8 Place the cursor anywhere on the line that you just entered click it and then click the button...

Page 6: ...Sometimes in the instructions you will see a between words The is a shorthand notation commonly used when writing instructions for working with menus For example Edit Clear All indicates that you sho...

Page 7: ...b j Important To delete all variable contents at one time select Edit Clear All Variables and then click OK a Clear your window select Edit Clear All b Click the 9 or tab AND the I if it is showing c...

Page 8: ...lick on the next math line you will see the cursor Open the Action menu select Transformation and then toDMS DMS stands for degrees minutes seconds and is used in angle measurements 6 Evaluate toDMS 8...

Page 9: ...settings control how the ClassPad Manager handles math and other settings Important What are your ClassPad s mode settings Your status bar along the bottom of this window might say Alg Standard Real...

Page 10: ...e common You could really write a number in any base you want to For now we will experiment with base 2 binary only You may someday find this useful It is definitely fun to think in a different base a...

Page 11: ...fined in the real mode notice Real shows in your status bar If square roots are new to you be patient you will learn about them someday For now just experiment with the ClassPad 7 Click Real in the st...

Page 12: ...ions at the end of your Lesson2 document and answer them 1 Approximately how long did it take you to complete this lesson 2 Which activity did you enjoy the most 3 Did you find any part of this activi...

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