Need to solve a simple mathematical problem with no calculator in sight? Well, fret no more! Google’s search engine can transform into a calculator if you tell it to! Ok, that was a stretch, but watch:<\/p>\n
Let’s say that you just got your Google Adsense check worth $123.45. And you wonder … How much is this in Philippine pesos? Simple! Go to Google.com and type:<\/p>\n
123.45 usd in php<\/a><\/p>\n And you’ll get something around 5,651 pesos. 5651\/2<\/a> = 2,825.50<\/p>\n You can even do it this way:<\/p>\n 123.45\/2 usd in php<\/a><\/p>\n Next scenario: You’re filling out an application form and under the height field, it tells you to input in centimeters, but all you know is that you’re 5’8. What to do?<\/p>\n Query: And you’ll find out you’re 172.72 centimeters tall. What if you’re asked of your weight in kilos?<\/p>\n Query: What’s 70.3 squared?<\/p>\n Query: 70.3^2<\/a><\/p>\n Cool huh?<\/p>\n There are a lot more you can do with Google’s calculator. You can read about it here<\/a> and get familiar with some operators here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Need to solve a simple mathematical problem with no calculator in sight? Well, fret no more! Google’s search engine can transform into a calculator if you tell it to! Ok, that was a stretch, but watch: Let’s say that you just got your Google Adsense check worth $123.45. And you wonder … How much is… Continue reading Ask Google, It Shall Compute<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tip-of-the-week","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paJQs-4F","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alleba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nOk, now from that amount, say that you promised your girlfriend last month that you’ll give her half of what you just earned. Hmm, that will leave you with:<\/p>\n
\n(5*12+8) inches in centimeters<\/a><\/p>\n
\n155 pounds in kilos<\/a> = 70.3 kilos<\/p>\n