Donna Fraser | Web Developer

Google’s Instant Calculator: Top Tip

November 15th, 2006

Here is an interesting and useful find it’s a hidden feature in Google’s search engine the Instant Calculator. Need to sum some quick arithmetic or even work out more complex formulas, numeric expressions or unit conversions. Instead of the need to launch a separate calculator, why not use this nifty feature.

If you happen to use Firefox 2.0 you can enter the mathematical formula you’d like done into the Google Search Box and you’ll get the result quicker than you can hit an equal sign. Use the keyboard shortcut ‘Ctrl + K‘ to get there in an instant.
This is a really great tip if I do say so myself and Google may possibly market this as the pocket calculator of the future.

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