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Chapter 2 basic calculations – Casio fx-7400G PLUS Basic Operation User Manual

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Chapter 2

Basic Calculations

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k Errors

An error message appears on the display and calculation stops whenever the calcu-
lator detects some problem. Press A to clear the error message.

The following is a list of all the error messages and what they mean.

Ma ERROR

- (Mathematical Error)

• A value outside the range of

±9.99999999 × 10

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was generated during a calcu-

lation, or an attempt was made to store such a value in memory.

• An attempt was made to input a value that exceeds the range of the scientific

function being used.

• An attempt was made to perform an illegal statistical operation.

Stk ERROR

- (Stack Error)

• The calculation being performed caused the capacity of one of the stacks to be

exceeded.

Syn ERROR

- (Syntax Error)

• An attempt to use an illegal syntax.

Arg ERROR

- (Argument Error)

• An attempt to use an illegal argument with a scientific function.

Dim ERROR

- (Dimension Error)

• An attempt to perform an operation with two or more lists when the dimensions of

the lists do not match.

In addition to the above, there are also a Mem ERROR and Go ERROR. See “Error
Message Table” for details.

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k How to Calculate Memory Usage

Some key operations take up one byte of memory each, while others take up two
bytes.

1-byte operations: 1, 2, 3, ..., sin, cos, tan, log, In,

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π, etc.

2-byte operations:

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dx

(, Xmin, If, For, Return, DrawGraph, SortA(, Sum, etc.

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