Hello. If I am on windows, and want to calculate big numbers (those regular calculators don't handle large numbers very well), what application should I get?
I heard of Virtual Calc 2000 (or 2000a). Any others?
If you want to know where to download Virtual Calc 2000, here it is:
Have you tried switching the regular Windows calculator to scientific mode? Click on View...Scientific in the calculator program's menu bar
Unix systems typically have a big number calculator called bc. On a Mac, you have to open a terminal window to access it.
-- Ron
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PS: For the legitimately interested reader, I have not found any information on just how big a "large number" Virtual Calc can handle -- if it's a legitimate product at all and not a trojan horse. FYI, Excel can accurately handle integers over 9 quadrillion [1]. It can handle dollar-and-cents numbers over $90 trillion, but it can be a little tricky (but not insurmountable) to maintain accuracy due to the use of native binary computer arithmetic.
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I was referring to calculation limits. The largest integer that Excel can __display__ exactly is 1 quadrillion or $10 trillion dollars-and-cents, because Excel limits its display to 15 significant digits.
PS: I should say "quadrillion American" and "trillion American". That is, a number followed by 15 and 12 zeros respectively. In British parlance, quadrillion is a number followed by 24 zeros, and trillion is a number followed by 18 zeros.
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