How do I get rid of scientific notation results in basic calculator?

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How do I get rid of scientific notation results in basic calculator?

I don't like the scientific notation in my basic calculator results and I am looking if there is a setting or something I am missing in order to prevent results from being shown in scientific notation.

I mean, an easy example, like 15.000.000 * 3 = 45.000.000 is being presented as 4.5e7 (this is just an example of the numbers I might get and not the real math I usually do).

For the regular calculator user, getting results in scientific notation is a hustle.

iPhone 14 Pro

Posted on Oct 28, 2024 4:58 PM

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KiltedTim

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Oct 29, 2024 4:33 AM in response to diegoqmcr

It does that because the display is not large enough to display the result in standard notation. Turn the phone horizontally. That will give it more room to display the result.

This is standard behavior on pretty much any standalone calculator you can buy.

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KiltedTim

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Oct 28, 2024 5:33 PM in response to diegoqmcr

Turn the phone to landscape to give you a bigger window for the result.

Results in scientific notation are common on pretty much any calculator that doesn't have a display large enough to accommodate the full numeric result.

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diegoqmcr Author

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Oct 29, 2024 3:06 PM in response to KiltedTim

I just updated to iOS 18.1 and the calculator works better, it shows results in a regular format and does not use scientific notation for multiplications like 250.000 * 522 = 130.500.000

Just the way I wanted!

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diegoqmcr Author

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Oct 28, 2024 7:56 PM in response to KiltedTim

Thank you. I am aware of the landscape mode to get the scientific calculator and a larger display area for the numbers to fit, but in my photos below, see what I mean: there is enough room for a number like 500.000.000 but if you split that, the result is then shown in scientific notation, that's what I don't want, I want the result in the same format.

For the normal calculator user, getting results in scientific notation is annyoing.

Divide by 2 to split

Then the result is shown is scientific notation

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How do I get rid of scientific notation results in basic calculator?

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