Sqrt -> This calculates the square root of the number on the screen. If we calculate √4 and then subtract 2, the result should be 0 but Calculator used to display -1.068281969439142e-19 as the result.įinally Microsoft acknowledged this good ol’ bug in Calculator app and they fixed it in Windows 10 newer versions. To use the standard or scientific calculator during your CUNY Assessment Test in. Perfect squares are integers which are squares of other integers. The bug is about calculating square root of perfect squares such as 4.

The above mentioned link contains details about the Calculator bug which was present in almost all Windows versions including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10. Microsoft Windows Calculator Bug, Sqrt(4) – 2 != 0 Yesterday an AskVG reader contacted me and asked me why didn’t I post about this important change in Windows 10? He reminded me about following very old article which I posted long time back in 2012 and many other people and websites confirmed this bug: What’s New in Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809) Check out “Windows 10 Build 9 Changelog” section in following article: I mentioned it at that time in our exclusive Windows 10 RS5 build changelog topic. When Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 17639, the good ol’ classic square root bug was fixed in Calculator app. However, Microsoft updated the app later from Windows 7 onwards with additional. Let me admit I completely forgot about posting this article. In earlier versions, people use calculator for simple mathematical calculations.

SUMMARY: The classic square root bug (√4 – 2 != 0) has been fixed in Calculator in Windows 10 newer versions.

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