Casio fx-CG50 User manual

QUICK START GUIDE
fx-CG50
The status bar will display messages and current status like battery level,
angle mode, fraction results, complex mode, or input/output settings.
Select the desired icon by highlighting it and pressing l or
pressing the number or letter in the upper right corner.
The function keys allow you to access the tab (soft key) menus that
appear at the bottom of the screen. When an (>) appears above the u
key, selecting uwill offer more on-screen choices.
The pkey displays every mode the calculator has. To select a mode,
press $N to the desired icon and press lor press the number
or letter in the upper right hand corner of the icon.
The dkey operates like the back arrow on a web browser; it will take
you back one screen each time you select it. The dkey will not take
you to the icon menu.
The Lkey activates any function displayed on or above the calculator
buttons that is yellow. For example, to nd the square root of a number,
you would need to press L, then s.L5gives you access
to on-screen color formatting.
The akey activates any function displayed on or above the
calculator buttons that is in red. For example, to type the letter A,
press a, then f.
The lkey executes operations. When data is entered, the l
button must be pressed to store the data.
The Okey will power the unit on. To turn the unit off, press LO.
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Icon Menu Name Description
RUN-MATRIX This icon menu is used for general computations, including binary, octal, decimal, and
hexadecimal functions and matrices.
STATISTICS
This icon menu is used to perform single-variable (standard deviation) and paired variable
(regression) statistical calculations, to perform tests, to analyze data and to draw statistical
graphs.
eACTIVITY This icon menu lets you input text, math expressions, and other data in a notebook-like interface.
Use this mode when you want to store text, formulas, or built-in application data in a le.
SPREAD-
SHEET This icon menu is used for creating spreadsheets.
GRAPH This icon menu is used to draw, store and calculate information from functions.
DYNAMIC
GRAPH
This icon menu is used to store graph functions and to draw multiple versions of a graph by
changing the values assigned to the variables in a function.
TABLE This icon menu is used to store functions, to generate a numeric table of different solutions
as the values assigned to variables in a function change, and to draw graphs.
RECURSION This icon menu is used to store recursion formulas, to generate a numeric table of different
solutions as the values assigned to variables in a function change, and to draw graphs.
CONIC
GRAPH
This icon menu is used to graph parabolas, circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas. Conic sections can
be inputted as rectangular functions, polar coordinates, or parametric functions for graphing.
EQUATION This icon menu is used to solve linear equations with two through six unknowns,
and high-order equations from 2nd to 6th degree.
The following explains the meaning of each icon on the fx-CG50 icon menu

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The following explains the meaning of each icon on the fx-CG50 icon menu
Icon Menu Name Description
PROGRAM This icon menu is used to store programs in the program area and to run programs.
FINANCIAL This icon menu is used to perform nancial calculations and to draw cash ow
and other types of graphs.
E-CON4 This icon menu is used to control the optionally available EA-200 Data Analyzer. For information
about this icon menu, download the E-CON manual from http://edu.casio.com.
LINK This icon menu is used to transfer memory contents or back-up data to another unit or PC.
MEMORY This icon is used to manage data stored in memory.
SYSTEM This icon menu is used to initialize memory, adjust contrast, reset memory, and to manage
other system settings.
GEOMETRY This icon menu allows you to draw, analyze and animate geometric objects.
PICTURE
PLOT
This icon menu allows you to plot points (that represent coordinates) on the screen
and then perform various analysis based on the plotted data.
3D GRAPH This icon menu allows you to draw 3-dimensional graphs.
CONVERSION This icon menu indicates the “Metric Conversion” add-in application is installed.
To do conversions, go to the Run-Matrix icon and press i.