CASIO CLASSPAD

LEARN AND USE EFFICIENTLY

FOR MATHEMATICAL METHODS

INTRODUCTION TO THE CAS

HOW TO USE BASIC OPERATIONS
HOW TO USE THE CASIO MORE EFFICIENTLY
HOW TO IMPROVE FUNCTIONALITY
(DEFINING A FUNCTION, GRAPHING, FINDING AN EQUATION)

TROUBLESHOOTING
 INTRO - MENU
• Main • Settings
• eActivity • Menu
• Graph&Table • Main
• Conics • Resize
• System • Esc
• Statistics (General) • Snap
• Spreadsheet (General) • Rotate
• Geometry (General)
• DiffEq-Graph (Spesh)
• NumSolve
• Sequence (General)
• Financial (General)
• Program
• Communication
 INTRO - MAIN
• Settings menu: normal 2 (normal 1 gives scientific not outside 1/100)

• Top bar: mostly irrelevant

• (converts an answer from decimal to standard and vice versa)

• Bottom Bar:
• Standard/Decimal (will change all calculations to be either decimal or exact)
• Real/Cplx (Complex is a specialist topic)
• Deg/Gra/Rad (Gradians is irrelevant)
 “Shift” + Shortcut
0

INTRO - 1
2
SHORTCUTS 3
4
5
6
• You will notice that the (
keys 7 8 9 and = )
, (given)
do not have a shortcut .
(–) (store)
• This will become useful ^
later!
/
• Shift + Clear = OFF EXP
Cut
Paste
Undo
EXE ans
 BASICS - MAIN
• Functionality: solve, simplify, expand, factorise and more
• CAS is a computer
• Requires a sentence for input (syntax – sentence structure)
• Keyboard
• Some advanced commands, all variables and alphabet

• Action vs Interactive
• Action: sentence starter (can be quicker)

• Interactive: fill the gaps (new user friendly)

 BASICS - TRANSFORMATION
• Expand: will expand and collect like terms

• Factor
• Factor: will factorise an expression with fractional roots

• rFactor: will factorise an expression with surd roots

• FactorOut: will factorise out a term from an expression

• Fraction
• Propfrac: coverts an improper fraction to mixed number Useful for
long division!
• toFrac: converts a mixed number to improper fraction

• DMS (less useful)

• Dms: converts degrees, minutes and seconds to a number

• To DMS: converts a number to degrees, minutes and seconds

 BASICS – TRANSFORMATION – YOUR TURN

• Expand:

• Factorise:

• Fraction: convert to a mixed number

 BASICS - KEYBOARD
• Math1 (Solving inc simultaneous)
• Math2 (Calculus & Matrices)
• Math3 (Define, restrict)
• Trig (inc Inverse)
• Var (Variables)
• Abc (inc math and symbols)
• Catalog (Full list of operations)
• Advance (Combinatorics & Sequences)
• Number (Keypad)
BASICS – KEYBOARD – YOUR TURN

• Solve:

• Solve for a
 BASICS – KEYBOARD – YOUR TURN

• Solve the simultaneous equations:

• Solve the following trig function with the restriction :

EFFICIENCY - TIPS
• Shortcut keys & User Defined Functions (UDFs)

• eActivities – programmer friendly – menu screen

• Video help

• Simplify is your friend

• Insufficient memory means too many variables/functions

( clear all var)
EFFICIENCY - UDFS
• Shortcut keys & UDF (link here)
• We can program our own shortcuts for 7, 8, 9, =

• Suggestion of functions for UDFs

• = (solve)

• 7, 8 or 9 , , dsolve or fMax)

• Suggestion to relabel
• (copy not cut)
EFFICIENCY - EACTIVITES

• eActivities – programmer friendly (see Charlie Watson)

• Pre-programmed Methods eActivities for use (click link)

• Can be used to solve, program or do specific functions

E.g

• Find the equation of a line connecting and

FUNCTIONALITY – DEFINING EQUATIONS
• Define and solve equations
• Main Screen

• Useful for long questions with the same

equation

E.g. Solve the following where

FUNCTIONALITY - GRAPHING
• How to restrict a domain
• How to adjust the window (quickly)
• Using the view window

E.g. Graph the following

NB: No matter the domain always use less than

or equal for the CAS to recognize end points
FUNCTIONALITY - GRAPHING
View window settings

• Good starting values

• xmin: -10
• xmax: 10
• scale: 1
• ymin: -10
• ymax: 10
1
• scale: 1
FUNCTIONALITY - GRAPHING
• How to find values using x/y calc
• How to find y values using intersection

Find the following

 FUNCTIONALITY - GRAPHING
• Using sliders

Find the value(s) of a for which the

following equations have 2 solutions
 FUNCTIONALITY - EQUATIONS
• Find an equation using
• Main Screen
• Statistics

E.g. Find the equation of the cubic using

the following four points
 FUNCTIONALITY - EQUATIONS
• Find an equation using
• Main Screen
• Statistics

E.g. Find the equation of the quadratic

using the following three points
TROUBLESHOOTING – WEIRD ANSWERS

E.g. Solve for x

The value of a has been

kept from the slider!
TROUBLESHOOTING – WEIRD ANSWERS

• Clear variables
• Clear defined functions
• Close each set of brackets
• Tell the calculator what to solve for
• Define domains where specified, particularly
for circular functions
• Take note of settings, std vs dec and rad vs deg