Math Formula Calculator: Geometric Calculator

Posted May 4, 2006 at 7:45AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Homebrew Applications, News Tags:
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PSPduh and EminentJonFrost have created the Math Formula Calculator which is able to find volume and surface area and other solutions for geometric shapes. Including spheres, rectangles, triangles, and pyramids to name a few.

While this can be a extremely handy tool for geometry remember that this is not your "typical" calculator. You will be unable to just type in #'s like 1+1=3 umm. Yeah thats right, see we dont need real calculators after all.

Note from the authors - "This calculator calculates different formulas for several shapes and figures. Perimeter, Area, Surface Area, Volume, Lateral Surface Volume and more."

Controls:

Start - Brings you to a pause menu where you can exit, change shapes, or continue.
Up and Down - These two buttons change what is selected.
Right and Left - These change the values of shape dimensions.
R and L (shoulder buttons) - some shapes are more complex and have more formulas. You use these to
get to them when you selected a shape. (you can see in the bottom if you're at a shape that has more formulas)
X (or 'Cross') - executes command at menus.

Download: [ Math Formula Calculator ]

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-05-04 08:27:55
firsT!!

who needs it?!
by - 2006-05-04 08:40:48
 

omg omg omg this is gonna b soooooooooooo helpful, sice in my prealg class, we're learning about calculating volumes and surface areas for different shapes!
by Llanowyn - 2006-05-04 08:47:56
Yeah

This came about... five years too late =( It would have been so great to have back when I was still in school. Still a great app tho!
by - 2006-05-04 08:50:42
...

and you (#2) want to use your psp to do this? suit yourself. personally id rather use a calculator (with programs. well, quite often for something as trivial as geometry you don't need to use a calculator). If you really must use a psp, emulate a TI-calc on it :-) However, good work PSPduh and EminentJonFrost! Too bad mathematica isn't open source so we can't port that to the psp! (unless you want to make an insufficient, cheap-hack)
by - 2006-05-04 09:05:15
. . .

What would be interesting is adding a scalable image of the end calculation (volume shows the shape, area shows a circle, etc.) that adjusts according to the values entered. Just throwing this idea out. Great work, regardless!
by - 2006-05-04 11:04:02
why?

I think I would rather just use a calculator. My TI-89 was just about the best programmable calc money could buy during my school days and there were plenty of these types of programs to download for it...but better. Oh, and the teacher couldn't take it off me because it was a calculator. Plus there were some wicked ASM games for it too, like Jezzball and Pheonix. Ahh those were the days....
by - 2006-05-04 12:33:00
Calculator?

Who needs a calculator? retards.....
by - 2006-05-04 13:01:13
Why not?

I also don't need this program at the moment, but I think for a lot of people it could be helpful. With homebrew like this, the PSP is a device for everything and for everybody, not only to play and watch videos :-)
by RaiderX - 2006-05-04 15:17:39
xetj

If only this was released a few minths ago, now Im already failign ym class and have 3 weeks till skools out, might help me next eyar tho, GREAT APP!
by - 2006-05-07 21:35:22
istallation

how do you install this thing????

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