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Scientific Calculator

Full scientific calculator — trig, logs, powers, factorials, with keyboard input.

Updated July 9, 2026

How to use the scientific calculator

  1. 1Type an expression or tap the keypad — sin(45), 2^10, 5!, √(2) all work.
  2. 2Set DEG or RAD before doing trig.
  3. 3Press Enter or = to evaluate; Ans reuses the last result.
  4. 4Click any history entry to load and edit it.

Common uses

  • Homework trig and log calculations without hunting for a physical calculator
  • Chained engineering calculations using Ans and memory keys
  • Quick factorial and combination arithmetic for statistics
  • Checking hand-worked exam practice against exact values

Frequently asked questions

Why does sin(30) give a weird number?

You're in radian mode. Degrees vs radians is the single most common scientific calculator mistake: sin(30°) = 0.5, but sin(30 radians) = −0.988. The DEG/RAD toggle sits at the top left — DEG for geometry and most homework, RAD for calculus and physics formulas that expect radian inputs. Check it before blaming the calculator; that's the actual advice printed in TI manuals.

How is 2^3^2 evaluated?

Right to left: 2^(3^2) = 2^9 = 512, not (2^3)^2 = 64. Exponentiation is right-associative on real scientific calculators and in math convention, and this calculator matches. Use parentheses when you mean the other grouping — that habit prevents most exam errors involving stacked powers.

Can I type instead of clicking buttons?

Yes, and it's faster: the input accepts full expressions with keyboard characters — sqrt(2), pi, ans, 5!, sin(45) — and Enter evaluates. The buttons insert the same syntax, so mixing both works. Click any history line to load it back for editing.

How precise are the results?

Standard double-precision floating point — about 15–16 significant digits, the same as TI and Casio hardware. Displayed results are rounded to 12 significant figures to hide float noise (so 0.1 + 0.2 shows 0.3). The known limits are inherent to floats: factorials above 170 overflow, and subtracting nearly-equal huge numbers loses precision on every calculator built this way.

About this tool

The scientific calculator handles everything a TI or Casio does for daily math and science work: trig in degrees or radians, logs and natural logs, powers with proper right-associativity (2^3^2 = 512, matching real calculators), roots, factorials up to 170!, hyperbolic functions, memory keys, and an Ans key that chains calculations. Type whole expressions on your keyboard — 2^10 + sin(45) × √2 — and press Enter, or tap the pad; either way it evaluates with full order of operations through a hand-written parser (no eval, no server). A click-to-reuse history keeps your last twelve calculations. For seeing functions rather than evaluating them, the graphing calculator is one tab over.

Like most tools on UtilityBase, the scientific calculator runs entirely in your browser — nothing you enter is uploaded or stored on a server. It's free to use with no account required. Browse more calculators here.

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