Free scientific calculator: Calculator Tab
July 11, 2008
Why shell out big bucks for a scientific calculator when your computer can run circles around it? Powerful free calculators abound on the Internet. F’rinstance, take Calculator Tab, a sleek, stylish online calculator loaded with features and bereft of a price tag.
At first glance resembling a cheapo giveaway calculator, Calculator Tab reveals a bevy of functions if you simply pull on the many tabs surrounding it (hence the name). Figure sines, cosines, exponents, all that stuff you’re trying to teach your students, Calculator Tab has it tucked away in its tabs, so your kids won’t be slowed down by gawking at more functions than they need. Handiest of all, Calculator Tab also has a pop-up version so you can use it to crunch numbers in another open program. When you complete your calculations, Calculator Tab’s memory can store an infinite amount of numbers for an infinite amount of time, too.
Now that cell phone technology has advanced so much, it’s possible that students could use a Web phone and connect to an app like Calculator Tab rather than buy a scientific calculator (yeah, I know, school firewalls, cell phone policies, etc. Someday this kinda thing will be normal, I tell you). Calculator Tab packs a lot of power, and looks good doing it. -BILL FERRIS
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