AB Soft ClassPad 101 User's Manual
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1. move the cursor to the denominator Try a few other 2D math symbols and see what happens Click on the CALC or ADV buttons to access other 2D forms 2 mth Page mth stands for math a Clear your window select Edit Clear All E ijir Eie e She eae a b Click the mth tab c Click the OPTN button along the bottom d Input 2x 5 1 x 10 mth mth and press EXE or Enter mlelel lt gt elev lele le ie Notice there is an x on ERRA Hop the soft keyboard easy gt afa to find e Press the back arrow z l button S to go back Very useful button ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 6 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA 3 Single Variables In Algebra we learn that no symbol between variables letters means multiplication The ClassPad also thinks this way when we use its single variables bolder letters Sometimes however we want to define a variable with more than one letter For example let width length 12 To do this we can use letters from the regular keyboard a Clear your window select Edit Clear All b Click the mth or tab c Click the VAR button along the bottom d Input ab and press EXE Notice the result e Click the tab Input ab and press EXE Notice the result 4 The Store Key and Deleting Variables a Clear your window select Edit Clear All Cut ES Copy b Click the mth or Select A2. Ala Standard Real Rad cm Work Area Window area 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 up down left or right Keypad Provides quick access to the most commonly used keys ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 4 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA PART Practice Exercises ee ee N 10 11 12 13 14 Before beginning the practice exercises open a word document type in the following information and then save it as Lesson2 in your CASIO folder within My Documents e Date enter today s date e To put your instructor s name here e From put your name here e Re Lesson 2 Open your ClassPad Manager if you have not already erri Click Open the Main application on the icon panel Evaluate 32 7 18 9 type it in and press EXE or Enter Select your answer by clicking on it and then click the button Get a screen capture and paste it into your Lesson2 document under a title of PART Evaluate 8 9 5 6 Place the cursor anywhere on the line that you just entered click it and then click the button Get a screen capture Please add two blank spaces following the first screen capture and then paste this one Select your answer by clicking on it and then click the button ag
3. for Version 3 Basic Edition lesson 2 Introduction to Main and the Soft Keyboard Welcome In this lesson we will eventually explore the ClassPad s Main application and the soft keyboard To begin though we need to cover some terminology that is common to all PC applications and some specific to the ClassPad Lesson Goals e To learn basic window terminology e To become comfortable using the Main Application e To learn how to use the soft keyboard e To learn how to change number format In Lesson 2 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 format Change from base 10 to other bases Upon completion of this lesson you will be able to answer the following questions What is an application What are two ways to open the soft keyboard How do I change from the abc keyboard to the 2D keyboard What does the button do What does the ae button do What are mode settings and how do we change them What information shows in the status bar What is a single variable What is the imaginary unit WOON OU A WN Time required About 60 minutes 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 open on your
4. computer and do work in The ClassPad Manager is an application with other applications inside Most of its components or parts are the same as other PC applications only a few are unique PART Important Become familiar with basic window terminology System Menu Button ClassPad Specific Menu Bar Toolbar Window Scrollbar Border Sseqca aax 1 52 Work Area sorti ans 5 15 129 634 Status Icon Panel Bar Standard Real Rad am ClassPad ca vo Hei led oe Specific ee Very Useful Cursor Pad OH OFF Calculator Specific Keypad Calculator Specific ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 2 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA System Menu Button O Opens a menu that looks similar in all ClassPad applications The System menu provides you with many dialogs to set ClassPad modes and other window options Menu Bar Provides a row of menus that you can open and select commands from The ClassPad s Menu bar will change for each different application For example notice the different menu bars and toolbars The Main Application The Geometry Application The SpreadSheet Application Geometry Spreadshee omy _ Toolbar Provides a row of buttons that you can click to get a command or change modes Some ClassPad toolbar buttons are in dropdown button palettes The button on Main s This dropdown button palette toolbar toggles a
5. follow If so which part Also how did you overcome the difficulty Assessment 2 Introduction to Main and the Soft Keyboard e Checkpoint Your word processed document titled Lesson2 Should contain the following activities 1 Three screen captures from PART 2 Three screen captures from PART II 3 Three screen captures from PART III 4 Four questions with answers and three reflection questions with answers from PART IV e Submit your Lesson2 document to your instructor for grading Once your lesson is submitted your lesson for ClassPad 101 Intro to Main and the Soft keyboard is complete ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 12 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA
6. ain Notice that the button toggles your answer between a fraction and decimal Menu Click 23 Open the Geometry application Notice how different the toolbar looks on the icon panel Click on the triangle toolbar button Ah and then click one time inside the window s work area You should see a triangle We will return to Geometry in lesson 3 Get a screen capture Add two blank spaces following the second screen capture and then paste this one ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 5 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA PART II In this part you will begin exploring the ClassPad s soft keyboard As you will see the soft keyboard is not just an everyday keyboard It does contain a regular keyboard but also many other very useful keys 1 2D Math Page 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 Should open the Edit menu and select Clear All a Open the Main Main application ga Peelhieledeeaelctl el 3 D b Clear your window select Edit Clear All c Press Keyboard d Click the tab af A e Click the button melee e e Eele eee f Input a press EXE fiosan F 5 Dt oa g Click and then Standard Real Rad dm Alg Standard Real Radom 9 Hint Click in the box or use ze to Evaluate
7. ce only the 1 output changed One line at a time please Just tap it Or press EXE to re execute everything Real Rad cam Alg Standard Real Rad cm 3 Changing Base What does base mean It has to do with place value Well as you know 234 2 100 3 10 4 This can also be written as 234 2 107 3 10 4 10 note that any raised to the 0 power equals 1 except 0 We work in base 10 but computers often work in base 2 or base 16 Base 2 is called binary and base 16 is called hexadecimal For example 5 in base 2 is 101 1 27 0 2 2 There are also many other bases that are 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 Open Main and clear the window b Click the 1 fj on the toolbar and select c Input 101 11 and press EXE d Input 2 and press EXE e Bin mode base 2 only knows 0 and 1 f Change 2 to 2d to let the software know you mean base 10 Alg Standard Real Rad cm g Press EXE 7 71409 79 h Note L0b 1 2 0 2 Notice the status bar 2 base 10 shows Bin short for Binary ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 10 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA PART III Practice Exercises 1 Open the Main application and select Edit Clear All Notice the status bar changed to show all mode
8. il elete tab AND the if it is showing c Input 7 ab and press EXE E alele hik lze e d Input ab on the next line si es e 4 E ee ae cece HHB e Input 10ab and press EXE Ala f Press the key g Input 5 amp ab wherea and b are single variables we get an error message h Delete the b and press EXE the error is gone i To uninstall 7 type in DelVar ab and press EXE ab now returns ab j Important To delete all variable contents at one time select Edit Clear All Variables and then click OK ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 7 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA PART II Practice Exercises l 10 11 Open the Main application clear your window and then open the system menu and select Keyboard This is another way to open and close the keyboard Using 2D math input and evaluate V2 F J8 Hint After inputting Ep press the right arrow key to get out from under the square root Notice the blinking cursor becomes larger Change your answer to a decimal Get a screen capture and paste it into your Lesson2 document under a title of PART II Click 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 Evaluate toDMS 81 25 Get a screen capture Please add two blank spaces following the first screen captu
9. ind 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 ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 11 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA PART IV Written Exercises Please copy and paste the following questions into your Lesson2 document and answer them 1 What information shows in the status bar What are two ways to open the soft keyboard 2 3 What does the button do 4 What does the he button do Reflection Exercises You have just completed the second lesson in ClassPad 101 great Learning terminology is not as much fun as entering things into the ClassPad but learning the terminology is important so that we can talk in a technical way Try to review pages 2 and 3 until you are comfortable with each term Or you can print them so that you can refer to them quickly as needed Please take a few moments to copy and paste the following three questions 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 activity difficult to
10. re and then paste this one Open the Interactive menu select List Create and then seq Fill in the dialog that appears as follows Se Edit Action iaa baled Transformation Calculation Comptes a dares EB augment Start 4 2 dae End tobMiS 81 253 i Increment S aad shift segi at as 3 3 1 i rotate l B 12 3 F subList JS OK gt kal 20 EAA 20 BAA ajelis E gt Lele e el ajelis gt l e Felei Heros eee BEG om em inset DOE Standard Real Rad mij Ok now we will sum the sequence Select your answer from step 9 and drag to the next math line Select the sequence you just dragged and then open the Interactive menu select List Calculation and then sum Click Ok to the dialog that appears Get a screen capture Add two blank spaces following the second screen capture and then paste this one ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 8 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA PART III In this part you will learn another way to store values how to use the one finger toolbar button change base and change the form in which your numbers display For example always show results as a decimal Or you may want to work with angles in degrees instead of radians To change most settings we can use the Basic Format dialog box or just click the status bar We usually call these format settings mode settings Mode settings control how the ClassPad Manager handle
11. result between provides a way to Insert other fraction and decimal quickly applications into Main Wore ra Ta gege Eaa Leol ead oo Wy Edt Calculations Pe aee DP ae Financial Simple Interest Compound Interest Cash Flow Amortization Interest Conversion Cost Sell Margin Standard Real Rad gmj Alg Standard Real Rad cm Alg ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 3 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA Window Border A box or edge defining an application s work area When more than one window is open the active window window with focus will have a bolder border You will learn a lot more about window borders and focus in the next lesson For now please just notice the difference B Notice the This window toolbar Notice the is active and toolbar and has focus window noder 5 5 border changed window border This window is active has focus kd Standard Cpl Rad gmj Ala Standard Cplx Rad cm be ee Tap here to move up one line Exercise 2 F Tap in the space above the Drag and drop the result 2 Cexpression on right to thumb to move up one page Press and drag the thumb to lt _ pan your window up or down Tap in the space below the 7 thumb to move down one page Eee Tap here to move down one Drag one word in the He sentence below to A i line
12. s 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 W 1 We get an error because Wal js 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 L 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 a to find two music note symbols within the soft keyboard they look like 4 amd Jd Hint You will f
13. s 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 Rad This means your ClassPad Is set to e Algebra mode e Standard number output e Real numbers only e Radian Mode not degrees 1 Basic Format Settings Basic Format a Open Main and clear the d Current Folder a a ee eed ead A Ed WINQOW a b Evaluate 5 6 notice the Humber Format Hormal to result is exact Mormal i Angle H 8333333335 C Open the wr menu and Radian o o o yas select Basic Format Advanced alele Fat Lt lio H S888888889 d Check the box for i Decimal Calculation O Assistant Descending Order Click set OVariable is Real f Evaluate 5 6 and a few other fractions Cefault g Open the Basic Format Ala Standard Real Rad qm Ala Decimal Real Rad qm dialog box again h Change Display to Fix 2 Current Folder i Click Set j Click on your first math Number Format line and then EXE nice Basic Format But what if you want to go Fe 2 one line at a time Variable is Real Decimal Real Rad cm Alg Decimal Real Rad imj ClassPad 101 Lesson 2 CASIO COPYRIGHT 2007 Author Diane Whitfield 9 CASIO MRD Center Portland Oregon USA 2 Status Bar and One Line ata Time a Notice your status bar b Click Decimal to toggle it back to Standard c Click on your first math line and then the I button d Noti
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