Windows 10: Calculator needed? How to make it work

For quick or even complicated calculations, Windows 10 provides you with a calculator. Our guide shows how to find it and what options you have with the tool.

Always the right answer: Windows 10's calculator has different modes.

Windows' calculator comes pre-installed. It is interesting to look at its modes.

Windows 10: Calculator with different modes

In Windows 10, an in-house calculator has been built in. The app is called "Calculator" and can be accessed most quickly by typing "Calculator" in the Windows search bar.

• On opening, the calculator appears with the most important standard functions, including square root, reciprocal and power.

This is the default mode. In addition, there are other modes:

• Scientific: Here you can use deeper calculation tools, such as sin / cos / tan, logarithm, factorial and degree ("deg").
• Programmer: Here you can display numbers in other formats, for example, binary or hexagonal.
• Date calculation: This tool gives you an exact indication of the time difference between two specified days in the calendar.

These modes are interesting options for users with special purposes. You switch between the modes at the top left of the calculator, simply by clicking on the menu icon.