
Tap the Copy icon (middle button) to copy the number currently displayed, or tap the Paste icon (to the right of Copy) if you have a number stored in your clipboard that you want to use in the calculation.
Tap "Copy" in the menu to copy the number, or tap "Paste" if you have a number stored in your clipboard that you want to use in the calculation.
Double-tap the number currently displayed. Tap-and-hold the number currently displayed. If you're trying to paste a number in, you'll only see a "Paste" option if you already have a number stored in your clipboard. More Info: There's a Hidden Scientific Calculator on Your iPhoneĪpple's help pages only mentioned one way to copy and paste numbers in Calculator, but there are actually many different ways to go about it. You'll find more advanced options like cosine (cos), tangent (tan), square root (v), natural logarithm (ln), and the pseudo-random number generator (Rand) that are most useful for science, engineering, and advanced mathematics. So rotate your iPhone into landscape orientation, and the calculator will change automatically from the standard calculator (for basic arithmetic calculations) to the scientific calculator (for exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions). You've most likely stumbled upon this by accident, but I know some people who've never turned their iPhone sideways except to watch Netflix or Hulu. (iOS 14 and later only - see Tip 16 below.) Double- or triple-tap the back of your iPhone.
Say or type "Calculator" to Siri or Hey Siri. Here are just some of the ways you could do it: OK, so this is pretty obvious.or is it? Yes, you can tap the Calculator app icon on the home screen, but there are other ways to open Calculator. For the most part, I've sorted it by the easiest, most intuitive actions to the more advanced ones, so skip ahead if you need to. This roundup is meant for everyone, from a total smartphone newbie to somebody who's owned iPhones since iPhones were a thing, and even professional mathematicians. What a "hidden trick" is to some people might be obvious to others, so feel free to skip right by the ones you already know in the below list. You may know most of them, but there's a chance you don't know every single one or simply forgot about them.
The Calculator app is probably one of Apple's most-used apps on the iPhone, yet I meet people all of the time that don't know all of the little tricks there are to using it more efficiently.