real world calculator

[dragonstar57]

are there any calculators that do not use scientific notation or provides exponent answers

like this?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+300%2C000%2C000+x+300%2C000%2C000

i want a number. i know that such a number would be in the billions but thats the point

i want to know a number not just weather the number is big or not

 

ps the description should be "a calculator THAT does REAL numbers

Edited August 31, 2010 by cipher510

[Klaynos]

Using the term calculator quite loosely I'd suggest you use "r"

[dragonstar57]

huh?

[Ophiolite]

I am at a loss to understand what exactly you are asking for. A number is a number whatever way it is expressed. 15 base 10 is still 1111 in binary or F in hexadecimal or 1.6 x 10^1 in Scientific notation. So, what is the issue?

[Klaynos]

I think his issue is rounding.

 

Google gnu r

[Mr Skeptic]

The problem is that calculators can only display so many digits. Calculators that express answers as exponents will generally have the option to set where that effect occurs, up to the maximum digits it can display.

[dragonstar57]

but is Google not able to display as many digits as it wants? why then does it give me numbers that I do not understand?

[darkenlighten]

my advice. learn it, it's easy. Scientific notation is just a short hand for showing how many zero's or places are in the entire number. For example [math] 9.0 \times 10^{16} [/math] is just [math] 9 000 000 000 000 000 0. 0 [/math]. So as you can see you just "move" the decimal point over 16 positions to the right. Or if it's negative it would be to the left. Another example for clarity [math] 10.5440 \times 10^3 [/math] which is [math] 10544. 0 [/math]

 

 

Note: Google does display as many numbers as needed, displaying 16 zeros is redundant and who wants to count out 16 zeros anyways.

Edited September 26, 2010 by darkenlighten

[D H]

ps the description should be "a calculator THAT does REAL numbers

If by REAL numbers you mean 1,234,567,890 instead of 1.234567890e09, what exactly makes the former REAL and the latter not REAL?

 

If by REAL numbers you mean the reals, sorry, such a beast does not and cannot exist. Almost all real numbers are not computable.

Edited September 26, 2010 by D H

[dragonstar57]

i mean "old school" numbers where 10 is 10 and if you have a big number you can put spaces in between every 3 didgits

[the tree]

If it's only in the billions, then Wolfram Alpha tends to display numbers in a linear format (as well as whatever other format it feels like).