Canon F-960SG Instruction

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Scientic Calculator
Instruction

IMPORTANT: READ BEFORE USE

Please read the following instructions and safety
precautions before using the Scientific Calculator.
Keep this manual on hand for future reference.

F-960SG

ENGLISH

E-IE-481

CONTENTS

DISPLAY ....................................................................................... P. 3

GETTING STARTED

Power ON, OFF ........................................................................P. 4

Display Contrast Adjustment.....................................................P. 4

Mode Selection .........................................................................P. 4

Calculator Set-up Menu ............................................................P. 5

Before Using the Calculator ......................................................P. 7

INPUTTING EXPRESSIONS AND VALUES

Input Capacity ...........................................................................P. 8

Input Editing ..............................................................................P. 8

Inputting and Display result in MthIO Mode ............................P. 11

INPUT RANGE AND ERROR MESSAGE

Calculation Precision, Input Range......................................... P. 11

Order of Operations ................................................................P. 14

Calculation Stacks ..................................................................P. 15

Error Message and Error Locator ...........................................P. 15

BASIC CALCULATIONS

Arithmetic Calculations ...........................................................P. 16

Memory Calculations ..............................................................P. 17

Fraction Calculations ..............................................................P. 18

Percentage Calculations .........................................................P. 19

Degree-Minutes-Seconds Calculations...................................P. 20

Reply & Multi-statements ........................................................P. 20

FUNCTIONAL SCIENTIFIC CALCULATIONS

Square, Root, Cube, Cube Root, Power Root,

Reciprocal and Pi.................................................................... P. 21

Logarithm, Natural Logarithm, Antilogarithm ..........................P. 22

Angle Unit Conversion ............................................................P. 22

Trigonometry Calculations ......................................................P. 23

Permutation, Combination, Factorials and Random

Number Generation ................................................................P. 24

Coordinate Conversion ...........................................................P. 25

Absolute Value Calculations ...................................................P. 26

Engineering Notation ..............................................................P. 26

Display Values Exchange .......................................................P. 27

Base-n Calculations and Logical Calculations ........................P. 28

STATISTICAL CALCULATIONS

Statistical Type Selection........................................................ P. 30

Statistical Data Input ...............................................................P. 30

Editing Statistical Sample Data............................................... P. 31

Statistical Calculation Screen .................................................P. 31

Statistical Menu.......................................................................P. 31

Statistical Calculation Example............................................... P. 33

Probability Distribution Calculation ........................................P. 35

EQUATION CALCULATIONS ................................................. P. 36

BATTERY REPLACEMENT ........................................................P. 38

ADVICE AND PRECAUTIONS....................................................P. 39

SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................P. 40

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How to Open / Close the cover

F-960SG

Open or close the cover by sliding as shown in the figure.

OPEN

DISPLAY

<Status Indicators>

S : Shift key
A : Alpha key

M : Independent memory
STO : Store memory
RCL : Recall memory
STAT : Statistics mode
EQN : Equation calculation mode

D : Degree mode

R : Radian mode

G : Gradient mode

FIX : Fixed-decimal setting
SCI : Scientific notation
LINE : Line display mode
: Up arrow
: Down arrow
Disp : Multi-statements display

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CLOSE

GETTING STARTED

Power ON, OFF

First time operation:

1. Pull out the battery insulation sheet, then the battery will be
loaded.

2. Press to reset the calculator.

Power ON: When is pressed.

Power OFF: are pressed.

Auto Power off Function:

When the calculator is not used for about 7 minutes, it will

automatically power off.

Display Contrast Adjustment

Press (6: CONT ), enter the Display
Contrast Adjustment screen.

Press to make the display contrast darken.

Press to make the display contrast lighten.
Press or to confirm and clear the screen.

To initialize the LCD contrast, press
outside the Display Contrast Adjustment screen.

Mode Selection

Press to enter the Calculation Mode Selection screen.

Shift

Shift

Shift

CONTRAST

LIGHT DARK
[ ] [ ]

1 : COMP 2 : STAT
3 : BASE 4 : EQN

Shift

4

Operation

Mode

LCD

Indicator

COMP Normal calculation

STAT Statistical calculation STAT

Calculations involving

BASE

specific number systems

EQN Equation solution EQN

The default mode is COMP mode.

Calculator Set-up Menu

Shift

Press to enter the Calculator Set-up Menu; press

/ for next / previous page.

1: MthIO 2: LineIO
3: Deg 4: Rad
5: Gra 6: Fix
7: Sci 8: Norm

To select the calculator input & output format [1] MthIO

or [2] LineIO

[1] MathIO - (Maths mode). Most of
the input (e.g. Fraction, pi, square
root number) are shown in
Mathematics textbook format.

And there are 3 "Result Format" (MathO,
LineO or DecimalO) for selection.
In MathO, fraction calculation result will
be shown same as Input.
In LineO, fraction calculation result will be in line format.
In DecimalO, fraction calculation result will be in decimal

number format. No fraction will be display.

[2] LineIO – (Line mode): The majority
of calculation input and output are
shown in the lines format. and "LINE"
icon will be shown.

And there are 2 "Result Format"

(LineO, DecimalO) for selection.

Press

or key

1: ab/c 2: d/c
3: CPLX 4: STAT
5: Disp 6: CONT

Maths mode

Result Format?
1: MathO 2: LineO
3: DecimalO

Line mode

LINE

Result Format?
1: LineO
2: DecimalO

For the STAT mode, the Input & Display format will switch to

LineIO mode automatically.

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To select the angle unit [3] Deg, [4] Rad or [5] Gra
[3] Deg: Angle unit in Degree
[4] Rad: Angle unit in Radian
[5] Gra: Angle unit in Gradient

90º = radians = 100grads

To select display digit or notation [6] Fix, [7] Sci or

[8] Norm

[6] Fix: Fixed Decimal, [Fix 0~9?] appears, specify the

number of decimal places by pressing [0] – [9].
Example: 220
= 31.43 (FIX 2)

[7] Sci: Scientific Notation, [Sci 0~9?] appears, specify the

number of significant digits by pressing [0] – [9].
Example: 220
= 3.143 x 10

[8] Norm: Exponential Notation, [Norm 1~2?] appears,

specify the exponential notation format by pressing
[1] or [2].
Norm 1: Exponential notation is automatically used for

integer values with more than 10 digits and decimal values

with more than TWO decimal points.

Norm 2: Exponential notation is automatically used for

integer values with more than 10 digits and decimal values

with more than NINE decimal places.

Example: 1 ÷ 1000 = 1 x 10-3 (Norm 1)
= 0.001 (Norm 2)

To select the fraction format [1] a b/c or [2] d/c
[1] a b/c: specify Mixed fraction display
[2] d/c: specify Improper fraction display

To select the complex number display format [3] CPLX

([1] a+bi or [2] r<θ)

[1] a+bi : specify Rectangular Coordinates
[2] r<θ : specify Polor Coordinates

÷ 7 = 31.4286 (FIX 4)

÷ 7 = 3.1429 x 10

1

(SCI 5)

1

(SCI 4)

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To select the statistical display format [4] STAT

([1] ON or [2] OFF)

[1] ON: Show FREQ (Frequency) Column in Statistical Data

Input Screen
[2] OFF: Hide FREQ (Frequency) Column in Statistical Data

Input Screen

To select the decimal point display format [5] Disp

([1] Dot or [2] Comma)

[1] Dot: specify dot format for Decimal point result display
[2] Comma: specify comma format for Decimal point result

display

To Adjust Display contrast [6] CONT
See "Display Contrast Adjustment" section.

Before Using the Calculator

Check the current Calculation Mode

Be sure to check the status indicators that indicate the current
calculation mode (COMP, STAT, BASE, EQN), display formats
setting and angle unit setting (Deg, Rad, Gra)

Return to initial setup

Shift

Pressing (Setup) (Yes) to return the
initial calculator setup
Calculation mode : COMP
Input/Output Format : MthIO/MathO
Angle unit : Deg
Display Digits : Norm 2
Fraction Display Format : d/c
Statistical Data Input : OFF
Decimal Point format : Dot
This action will not clear the variable memories.

Initialize the calculator
When you are not sure of the current calculator setting, you are
recommended to initialize the calculator (reset calculation mode
"COMP", angle unit "Degree", and clear reply and variable
memories), and LCD contrast by

Shift

pressing (All) (Yes) .

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INPUTTING EXPRESSIONS AND VALUES

Input Capacity

F-960SG allows you to input a single calculation up to 99 bytes.
Normally, one byte is used as each time you press one of the
numeric keys, arithmetic keys, scientific function keys or .
Some functions require 4 – 13bytes.

Alpha

Shift

, , and the direction keys will not use up any bytes.
When input capacity is less than 10bytes, the input cursor will
change from " " to " " that notifying the memory is running
now.

Input Editing

New Input begins on the left of display. If input data are more

than 15 characters, the line will scroll to the right consecutively.

You can scroll back to the left by using and to review

the input

In LineIO mode, press to let the cursor jump to the

beginning of inputting, while will jump to the end.

In MthIO mode, press to let the cursor jump to the

beginning of inputting while it is at the end of the input

calculation. Or press to let the cursor jump to the end of

inputting while it is at the beginning of the input calculation.

Omit the multiplication sign and final close parenthesis.

Example: 2 x log 100 x (1+3) = 16

Operation 1: Display 1

Including *1,

*2

*3

,

Omitting *1,

Omitting

*3

*1

*3

Operation 2: Display 2

*2

2xlog(100) x (1+3)

16

2log(100)(1+3

16

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*1. Omit multiplication sign (x)

- Input before an open parentheses : 1 x (2+3)

- Input before scientific functions that includes parenthesis:

2 x cos(30)

- Input before Random number function

Ran#

- Input before Variable (A, B, C, D, X, Y, M), π, е

*2. Scientific functions come with the open parenthesis.

Example: sin(, cos(, Pol(, You need to input the argument
and the close parenthesis .

*3. Omit the last close parenthesis before the , , ,

Shift

.

Insert and overwrite Input mode
In LineIO mode, you can use INSERT or overwrite mode

Insert

for inputting.

- In Insert mode (Default input mode), the cursor is a

vertical flashing line " |

- In overwrite mode, press key to switch the cursor

to a flashing horizontal ( _
the current cursor position.

" for inserting a new character.

Insert

Shift

) and replace the character at

In MthIO mode, you can only use the insert mode.

Whenever the display format changes from LineIO mode to
MthIO mode, it will automatically switch to the insert mode.

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Deleting and Correcting an Expression

In insert mode: Move the cursor to the right of the character or
function that needs to be deleted, then press .

In overwrite mode: Move the cursor under the character or
function being deleted, then press .

Example: 1234567 + 889900

(1) Replace an entry (1234567 1234560)

LineIO/MthIO mode –

Shift

–

Shift

Insert

(2) Deletion (1234567 134567)

Method 1:

mode – Insert mode

Method 2: LineIO

mode – Overwrite mode

LineIO/MthIO

12 times

Shift

13 times

Insert

12|34567+889900

34567+889900

1|

1234567+889900_

1234567+889900

134567+889900

(3) Insertion (889900 2889900)

LineIO/MthIO mode –

Insert mode

6 times

1234567+|889900

1234567+2|

889900

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Inputting and Display result in MthIO Mode

In MthIO Mode, the Input display of fraction or certain

functions (log, x

2

, x3, x , , 3 , , x-1, 10 , e , Abs) is

shown in Mathematics textbook format.

MthIO & MathO MODE :

Example

Remark

(1) Some input expressions cause the height of a calculation

expression to be greater than one display screen.

Maximum input capacity: 2 display screen
(31 dots x 2).
(2) Calculator memory limits how many functions or

perentheses can be input in any single expression. In this

case divide the expression into multiple parts and

calculate separately.
(3) If part of the expression you input is cut off after

calculation and in the result display screen you can press
or to view the full expression.

Shift

DisplayKey in operation

INPUT RANGE AND ERROR MESSAGE

Calculation Precision, Input Range

Number of Digits for
Internal Calculation

Precision*

Calculation Range

Up to 18 digits

±1 at the 10th digit for a single calculation.
±1 at the least significant for exponential
display

–99

to ±9.999999999 × 1099 or 0

±1 × 10

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Function Calculation Input Ranges

Input RangeFunctions

DEG 0 |x| <9×10

RAD 0 |x| <157079632.7

sinx

GRA 0 |x| <1x10

DEG 0 |x| <9×10

RAD 0 |x| <157079632.7

cosx

GRA 0 |x| <1x10

9

10

9

10

DEG Same as sinx, except when |x| =(2n–1)×90

tanx

RAD Same as sinx, except when |x| =(2n–1)×�/2

GRA Same as sinx, except when |x| =(2n–1)×100

-1

sin

x

0 |x| 1

-1

x

cos

-1

x

tan

0 |x| 9.999999999x10

sinhx

0 |x| 230.258509 2

coshx

-1

0 |x| 4.999999999x10

x

sinh

-1

1 x 4.999999999x10

x

cosh

tanh

logx/lnx

tanhx

-1

x

0 |x| 9.999999999x10

0 |x| 9.999999999x10

0< x 9.999999999x10

–9.9999999999 x1099 x 99.99999999

99

–9.9999999999 x10

0 x <1x10

50

|x|<1x10

|x| 2.15443469x10

100

|x|<1x10

100

|x|<1x10

0 x 69 (x is an integer)

0 n 1x10

1 n!/((n–r)!) 1x10

0 n 1x1010, 0 r n (n,r are integers)

1 n!/r! 1x10

nPr

nCr

2

x

3

x

-1

x

x!

x 230.2585092

100

33

,x 0

10

, 0 r n (n,r are integers)

100

100

or 1 n!/(n–r)! < 1x10

99

99

99

99

-1

99

100

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