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Calculator graphics shapes available
When editing the shapes in the edit box, the following 3D shapes are available for selection.
Shapes 0 is a 2D flat shape, whilst shape 1 - 2 - 3 are shown below.
These shapes apply to circle and hexagon only drawings only, but by changing the
number of sides of a hexagon to 4 a 3D box is produced and when the sides
are changed to 3 a 3D triangle is produced.
Shapes that are available
After selecting the image, the image may be moved by holding
down the left mouse button and moving the cursor. The lower center
red dot allows the whole image to be moved around the screen.
If the values associated with its physical structure need to be edited
directly, then after selecting the image, right clicking the lower red dot of
the image will open the editor panel at the bottom of the calculator,
shown next.
This
edit box appears at the bottom of the calculator.
Once edited use the the refresh button to show the changes, select OK to save
the edited changes.
The screen top left corner is referenced (X= -16) (Y= +16) and the bottom right hand
corner is referenced (X= +16) (Y= -16). The current mouse cursor position is
shown just to the right of the calculator readout below the calculator keys.
The
current mouse cursor position
Maths News Articles
- The groom didn?t come (Manila Standard Today)
Half versus 6, that?s 12 to 1. Simple maths, a simple message. Vietnam is getting foreign investment that the Philippines isn?t. Because half is the US$544 million the Philippines attracted (FDI commitments) in the first quarter of 2008, $5.4 billion is what Vietnam got.
- Unfilled teaching posts up 23 per cent (Daily Telegraph)
The number of unfilled teaching vacancies has risen by 23 per cent since this time last year because of a chronic shortage of maths and science teachers, new figures have revealed.
- Maths glitch behind underestimating species extinction rate (New Kerala)
Washington, July 3 : A maths glitch might be behind the gross underestimation of extinction risks of species, a new study contends.
- Tories launch by-election drive (BBC News)
The Conservatives launch their campaign for the Glasgow East by-election on 24 July.
- Insight: Making the abstract more human (Financial Times)
A few years ago, Ron den Braber, an outspoken Dutch maths geek, was working in the risk department at the Royal Bank of Scotland when he became alarmed about the models being used to price collateralised debt obligations.
- Test results: what went wrong? (BBC News)
More than a million 11 and 14-year-olds in England will get their Sats results late this year because of administrative chaos.
- Universities offer summer camps in English and maths (Sentinel)
Adults wanting another chance to master basic maths and English are being urged to take advantage of free summer courses. People over the age of 17 can attend the six-week courses during the holiday season thanks to Staffordshire and Keele ...
- Vietnam's students pray for luck in high-pressure exams (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese students Friday sat university entrance exams, kicking off a nail-biting season when family nerves are frayed and police are deployed to ferret out cheats.
- Students taught by unqualified teachers (Daily Telegraph)
THOUSANDS of high school students are being taught by teachers with no specialist training in key subjects such as maths and science.
- Marking fiasco delays more than a million children's SATs scores 'for weeks' (Daily Mail)
Over one million children who took national tests in English, maths and science this summer may not find out their marks before the end of term due to 'unacceptable' marking delays.
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