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eric_n_dfw

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Jan 2, 2002
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I'm looking for a good, simple scientific calculator app for my 8th grade son to use on his MacBook Air. The Apple one works fine but in scientific mode it takes up too much horizontal screen space. Looking for suggestions of another one out there that has a more vertical layout.

Basic needs are keyboard input, memory, square/cube root and exponents.
 
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CalcMadeEasy Free (on the store) works well for me.
It's got all the things you expect in a non-programmable scientific calculator.

Big advantage over Apple's "Scientific" calc"
CalcMadeEasy gives 7/11e23 = 6.3636e-24
Apple's version gives 7/11e23 = 0 NOT VERY SCIENTIFIC! It seems to use fixed point arithmetic even in scientific mode. That can cause all sorts of trouble if you're not aware of the issue.
 
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