Looking for free form calculator

majormatt

I am looking for a calculator that can do free form calculations, i.e. I want to type 1/(x+1) but not have it on a line, but shown as it actually is like in Graphing Calculator in OS9 or as one writes its on paper. I prefer not to spend $60 on graphing calculator



Grapher in Tiger does a good job of making equations for reports but it doesnt calculate them! Err!

tkelly

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Originally Posted by MajorMatt


I am looking for a calculator that can do free form calculations, i.e. I want to type 1/(x+1) but not have it on a line, but shown as it actually is like in Graphing Calculator in OS9 or as one writes its on paper. I prefer not to spend $60 on graphing calculator



Grapher in Tiger does a good job of making equations for reports but it doesnt calculate them! Err!

How about the graphing program in the Mac?



in the Applications folder, then the Utilities folder.

majormatt

It's a fine graphing calculator, but I enter in very long calculations and I wish to compute them instead of using my TI-89. I want it to tell me what, for example, (3(53)+2)^3/(34-ln(21)^3 + log(42) + sin^2(52) - 1/(2-64)^4 is, but I'd prefer not a line calculator. I want it to tell me it equals -4.184871

majormatt

Nevermind. I am not observant. Apparently entering an expression and pressing return evaluates it on the left. This is exactly what I need it to do. I kept looking for an equals sign of 2+2=4

marvin

You can try Mathpad:



http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mwidholm/MathPad/

majormatt

Yes, but mathpad is a line calculator. I want to type it in as I do on paper, not be beulegered by 12 nested parenthesis all the time.

tkn

What about Longhand?

donebylee

Check this out...and it's free