Which calculator would do what you described? I just checked a few ones and didn't find any. I'd be surprised a lot, to be honest, because that'd be wrong and I probably would've gotten a very wrong result at some point because I rely on calculators having implemented the correct order of operations. Every school or university teaches that multiplication and division have the same precedence (modulo may or may not be on the same level, mostly depending on the notation) and are calculated from the left to the right. So 8*10^12/6*10^9 = 8*(10^12)/6*(10^9) = ((8*(10^12))/6)*(10^9)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-calculator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1210607 Title: Scientific Notation not given proper order of operations Status in GNOME Calculator: Confirmed Status in gnome-calculator package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: gnome-calculator 3.8.1 (3.8.1-0ubuntu1) on Ubuntu 13.04 x86_64: In Advanced mode, enter: 8×10¹²÷6×10⁹ (keystrokes: [8] [×10^y] [1] [2] [/] [6] [×10^y] [9]) Result: 1.333333333×10²¹ Correct answer: 1333.33333333333 (so gnome-calculator is off by 18 orders of magnitude. The ‘×10^y’ steps should be carried out first, according to operator precedence for exponentiation.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-calculator 1:3.8.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-28.41-generic 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Aug 9 13:07:33 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-calculator InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-13 (117 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-calculator UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (105 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-calculator/+bug/1210607/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
