Using a Calculator

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Transum, Thursday, June 13, 2019 "I have just noticed something I hadn’t realised about the Windows calculator. When running in standard mode it operates LTR (2+3x5=25) while in scientific mode it obeys the normal order of operations (2+3x5=17). Worth knowing when learning about BIDMAS or PEMDAS " Dave Grochocki, Twitter Sunday, June 16, 2019 Standard mode behaves like a basic calculator that executes as you go. We are working on making sure this is clear in history (https://t.co/i4fFwXr8s5) #BuildTogether pic.twitter.com/6vXF54kgdO — Dave Grochocki(@dgrochocki) June 16, 2019 Do you have any comments? It is always useful to receive feedback and helps make this free resource even more useful for those learning Mathematics anywhere in the world. Click here to enter your comments.

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Click on a link below to see an example and an animated key-press diagram of a calculator.

Skill 1: Basic Operations e.g. Calculate the value of \(9+4−7\)

Skill 2: Using Brackets e.g. Calculate the value of \(5(9-4)\)

Skill 3: Percentage of a quantity e.g. What is \(24% of 1800\)?

Skill 4: One quantity as a percentage of another e.g. What is \(45\) as a percentage of \(150\)?

Skill 5: Squares and square roots e.g. Calculate the value of \(\sqrt{5^2 + 12^2}\)

Skill 6: Indices e.g. \((3^3 + 2^4)^2\)

Skill 7: Cube roots e.g. Find the value of \( \sqrt[3]{27} \)

Skill 8: Standard Form e.g. Express \(236731\) in standard form correct to 3 significant figures.

Skill 9: Areas of circles e.g. [Give all answers correct to three significant figures]. e.g. Find the area of a circle with a radius of 9cm.

Skill 10: Fraction calculations e.g. Find the value of \( 3\frac13 + 2\frac25 \)

Skill 11: Trigonometry e.g. Evaluate \(21 \sin34°\) to three significant figures 1.

Skill 12: Degrees (or Hours), Minutes and Seconds e.g. Convert the angle 16°35'40" to its decimal equivalent.

Skill 13: Using Variables e.g. If \(A = 1.62\), \(B = 9.87\) and \(C = 5.62\)
evaluate \(AB+BC−AC\).

Skill 14: Combinations e.g. How many different groups of 3 can be selected from 8?

Skill 15: Permutations e.g. In how many different ways could 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes can be awarded to 3 of 8 competitors?

Please remember to type in the zero before the decimal point for answers such as 0.4 because only typing in .4 will be marked incorrect.

Don't wait until you have finished the exercise before you click on the 'Check' button. Click it often as you work through the questions to see if you are answering them correctly. You can double-click the 'Check' button to make it float at the bottom of your screen.

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1. Add up all of the numbers from one to ten. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10
2. Multiply together all of the even numbers from four to fourteen.
3. There were 57000 people at the game. 13000 of them were supporting United. How many of them were not supporting United?
4. Divide 302.524 by 5.708
5. Find 67% of 52100
6. Calculate how many seconds there are in 14 full days.
7. How many inches are in one third of a mile if there are 12 inches in a foot, three feet in a yard and 1760 yards in a mile?
8. For every 40 points you earn on your restaurant discount card you are given a free desert voucher. You earn 1 point for every £1 you spend and last month you visited the restaurant 9 times spending £24 on each visit. How many desert vouchers did you receive?
9. A Trantours bus can hold no more than 49 people. How many buses will be needed to transport 402 people to a concert?
10. Evaluate 82 × 45 + 342
11. Evaluate 32 × (312 − 492)
12. Evaluate (572 − 638) − (131 − 741)

Using a Calculator Level 1

Questions to test your ability to use a basic calculator, scientific calculator and a graphic display calculator.

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