Google calculator
June 28, 2006Another function of the Google search engine is its calculator, it will perform basic mathematical operations for example ‘10 - 7 * 6′ returns:
10 - (7 * 6) = -32
As you can see it automaticaly puts the brackets in the correct place and returns the answer.
It will also return numerical answers to questions, for example ‘days in a year’ returns:
1 year = 365.242199 days
It can also carry out currency conversions, for example ‘US$10 in £’ returns:
US$ 10 = 5.49450549 UK£
Google’s calculator tries to understand the problem you are attempting to solve without requiring you to use special syntax. However, it may be helpful to know the most direct way to pose a question to get the best results.
You can find more information about the calculator by following this link: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/help/calculator.html
If you have any interesting ways of using the calculator leave them in the comments.
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