What is a GATE Virtual Calculator and How to Use It?
Because the GATE candidates are not allowed to carry physical calculators, the officials allow the use of virtual calculators to assist the candidates to solve complex equations. Check out everything about the GATE virtual calculator from the article below.
GATE Virtual Calculator:
One of the most important parts of getting a good score in GATE is utilizing the Virtual Calculator effortlessly during the test. Because applicants are not permitted to bring a real calculator to the GATE test, they must solve numerical-based problems using a virtual calculator. As a result, every GATE aspirant must be familiar with utilising a Virtual Calculator and must use it frequently during
GATE test preparation
. The online virtual calculator for GATE is a calculator that has all of the functions and operators needed to carry out operations. On the
GATE exam
day, applicants can use the virtual calculator. The online calculator will only be available through the mouse and no keyboard will be required.
GATE exam dates are February 3, 4, 10 and 11.
Candidates will be able to appear for the exams in two shifts. Forenoon session, i.e. 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, and Afternoon session, i.e. 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
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The GATE virtual calculator was first introduced during the 2016 exam. The calculator is a bit complex and the aspiring candidates must have a good idea regarding how to use the GATE virtual calculator. Here are some important pointers regarding the same and the detailed instructions regarding how to use the calculator.
Detailed Procedure to Operate the GATE Virtual Calculator
The detailed procedure to operate the GATE virtual calculator and pointers regarding the functions of the same has been discussed in this section -
Function | Input |
Clear all inputs | Press “C” |
Delete values entered in the input box | Press “←” |
Arithmetic operators | Press “+/-/*/➗” |
Logarithmic functions | log, ln, log2x, logyx |
Trigonometric operations using degree | Sin/Cos/Tan (0) |
Trigonometric operations using radians | Sin (π) |
Cube operations | X3 |
Square operations | X2 |
Power of ten | 10x |
Exponential | ex |
Factorial | n! |
Modulus or Absolute Function | (I x I) |
Percent operator | % |
Modulo function | (mod) |
Reciprocal | 1/x |
Constants | (π = 3.14; e=2.71) |
Exp | a*10b |
Unary plus and minus |
|
Power roots | √ |
Examples
Arithmetic operators | To calculate 1+2*3, press “1”, “+”, “*”, “3” and “=” |
Logarithmic functions | To calculate 1* ln (20) +3, press “1”, “*”, “20 log”, “+”, “3” and “=” |
Trigonometric operations using degree | To calculate 1* Sin (40)+55, press “1”, “*”, “(,40, sin,)”, “+”, “55” and “=” |
Trigonometric operations using radians | To calculate 1 * sin π, press “1”, “*”, “π”, “sin” and “=” |
Cube operations | To calculate 1 * 23, press “1”, “*”, “2”, “x3 “ and “=” |
Square operations | To calculate 1 * 22, press “1”, “*”, “2”, “x2 “ and “=” |
Power of ten | To calculate 1 * 210, press “1”, “*”, “2”, “10x “ and “=” |
Exponential | To calculate 1 * e5 , press “1”, “*”, “5”, “ex “ and “=” |
Factorial | To calculate 2!, press “2”, “n!” and “=” |
Modulus or Absolute Function | To calculate I (-10) I, press “(, -, 10,)”, “I x I” and “=” |
Percent operator | To calculate 10 % of 100, press “10”, “%”, “100” and “=” |
Modulo function | To calculate 10 mod 2, press “10”, “mod”, “2” and “=” |
Reciprocal | To calculate 1/10, press “10”, “1/x” and “=” |
Constants | To calculate 2π, press “2”, “*”, “π”, and “=” |
Exp | To calculate 2 * 103 , press “2”, “exp”, “3”, and “=” |
Unary plus and minus | To calculate -2*10, press “2”, “-”, “*”, “10” and “=” |
Power roots | To calculate 10 * √21, press “10”, “*”, “21”, “√”, and “=” |
Important Pointers Regarding the GATE Virtual Calculator
Some important pointers regarding the GATE virtual calculator are mentioned in this section -
The officials at the exam centres will authorize candidates taking the GATE entrance examination to utilise the virtual calculator
Simple operation keys will be present on the right side of the GATE virtual calculator
The keys for scientific functions and operations will be located on the virtual calculator's left side
Inverse functions will have their own keys, so applicants will not need press the “Shift” or “Inv” keys and the inverse functions will be listed below the corresponding functions
Candidates will be able to locate the trigonometric functions that have been grouped together
In the virtual calculator, the hyperbolic functions will also be grouped together
At the top of the virtual calculator, candidates will see two display boxes in which one of the boxes will show the key sequence pushed by the candidate for reference and the other box will display the actual entered numbers or the results of the computation
Because there are no capabilities for doing matrix calculations on the virtual calculator, these must be done manually
A drawback of the calculator is that complex numbers cannot be represented on it. Nevertheless, complex numbers linked to power systems or any other field that may be solved can be expressed on the GATE virtual calculator
There will be no specific keys for converting polar to rectangular and vice versa so, the candidate must utilise the GATE Virtual calculator to do the necessary conversions