You can also type out the spoken examples listed below in Search for answers, but it's more typing than in the Spotlight list above. Don't Miss: 11 Harry Potter Spells for Siri That Turn Your iPhone into a Magical Elder Wand.It's not a definitive list, but it's a great starting point. I've translated the list of Spotlight examples above into a Siri-friendly list of spoken math. Siri can perform many of the same calculations listed above that Spotlight is capable of, only it's harder to speak equations than type them.ĭepending on how you have Siri set up, either say " Hey Siri" or long-press the Top or Home button on your iPad to get its attention. If you'd rather someone else do the hard work of inputting calculations, there's always Siri, Apple's built-in personal assistant. However, keep reading if you want a faster way to access your iPad's built-in calculator. It's much more convenient than swiping open Search, but Back Tap is not available on the iPad. Good to know: The iPhone has a feature called Back Tap that makes accessing Spotlight just by tapping the back of the iPhone two or three times. Rint( ) rounds to nearest integer rint(5.6) 6 Tand( ) tangent in degrees tand(0.5) 0.0087268678Īsind( ) inverse sine in degrees asind(0.5) 30Īcosd( ) inverse cosine in degrees acosd(0.5) 60Ītand( ) inverse tangent in degrees atand(0.5) 26.5650511771 Type Meaning Example AnswerĮxp( ) natural exponent exp(2) 7.3890560989 Note that you can use some characters for multiple purposes, like parentheses, percent signs, and minus signs. Not all math symbols work, like the radical sign, but there are other ways to type things out, as indicated below. To copy the answer, long-press it, then tap "Copy." As long as you correctly type or paste the problem, Spotlight will recognize it and give you a solution without you having to hit the equals (=) sign. Of course, you have to type out the whole problem or equation, so it's not as convenient as a dedicated calculator app, but it gets the job done in a pinch. It can do basic arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), and you can use constants, trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, tangent), logarithms, roots, rounding, basic operators like exponents and factorials, and more. And if you use an external keyboard on your iPad, you can use the Command–Space bar shortcut from any screen.Ī scientific calculator is built directly into Spotlight on iPadOS, and you can throw math problems at it and get immediate answers. This feature is also accessible from the Today View on the lock screen and Notification Center. When you pull down on the home screen or lock screen, you open the Spotlight tool, also called Search. Instead, it takes various forms, and each has its own benefit. However, there is a calculator on your iPad it's just not an app like it is on the iPhone. Don't Miss: 6 Hidden Apps You Didn't Know Existed on Your iPhone.
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Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, said in 2020 that it was because they'd want to build something "really distinctly great in that space," and that Apple hasn't "gotten around to doing it great." He hinted, "that day may come," but there are too many great options in the App Store already. Now, over 12 years later, there still is no official iPadOS calculator app from Apple - not even in iPadOS 16 (which finally added the Weather app). Steve Jobs caught wind of it and quickly nixed it, and there wasn't enough time to design an iPad-optimized calculator before the iPad hit shelves. But that doesn't mean your iPad doesn't have an official calculator.īefore the first iPad in 2010, Apple's development team did have an iPad calculator ready to go, but it was just a scaled-up version of the iPhone app. There is no iPad version of Apple's Calculator app, so you won't find it on your home screen, in your App Library, or as a shortcut in the Control Center.