Decimal calculator

This calculator makes basic and advanced operations with decimals, real numbers, and integers. It also shows detailed step-by-step information about the calculation procedures. Solve problems with two, three, or more decimals in one expression. Add, subtract and multiply decimals step-by-step. This calculator uses addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division for positive or negative decimal numbers, integers, real numbers, and whole numbers. This online decimals calculator will help you understand adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing decimals.

The calculator follows well-known rules for the order of operations. The most common mnemonics for remembering this order are:

• PEMDAS: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.
  
• BEDMAS: Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
  
• BODMAS: Brackets, Order (or "Of"), Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
  
• GEMDAS: Grouping symbols (brackets: `(){}`), Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.
  
• MDAS: Multiplication and Division (same precedence), Addition and Subtraction (same precedence). MDAS is a subset of PEMDAS.

Important Notes:
1. Multiplication/Division vs. Addition/Subtraction: Always perform multiplication and division *before* addition and subtraction.
2. Left-to-Right Rule: Operators with the same precedence (e.g., `+` and `-`, or `*` and `/`) must be evaluated from left to right.

Examples:

• addition of decimals: - 1.5 + 2.45
• addition followed subtraction: 5 + 1 - 2
• multiplying decimals: 0.25 * 0.2
• division of a decimals: 5.2/0.5
• parenthesis: 3 + 7{4 + 3[2 - (8 - 4)×3] + 5}×2
• 2nd power and order of evaluation: 6 ^ 2 - (2 * 7 + 4 ^ 2)
• cube root: cuberoot(27)
• Convert fraction to a decimal: 3/4
• decimals and mixed numbers: 1.5 - 1 1/5

Decimals in word problems:

• A decimal number
  I am a decimal number between 0.300 and 0.400. My hundredth digit is 3, and my tenth digit is 8. What number am I?
• Compare three fractions
  Which of the three rational numbers is the largest? 1/7, 6/17, 4/17
• Dogs weights
  Four out of nine dogs weigh less than 20 pounds. What is the decimal equivalent for the number of dogs weighing less than 20 pounds?
• Sum of absolute values
  Is it possible for |r| + |s| = |r+s|? If so, when?

• Distribution 73724
  The distribution of the random variable X is given in the following table. Calculate P[X is odd], E[X] and P[1<X≤6] Probability distribution table: xi; 1; 2; 3 ; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9 pi; 0.30; 0.12; 0.18; 0.10; 0.07; 0.07; 0.06; 0.05; 0.05
• Colored blocks
  Tucker and his classmates placed colored blocks on a scale during a science lab. The brown block weighed 8.94 pounds, and the red block weighed 1.87 pounds. How much more did the brown block weigh than the red block?
• Comparing powers
  How many times is number 5⁶ larger than number 4⁶?

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