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Practical Math Shortcuts For Everyday Life Source link is below. http://lifehacker.com/practical-math-shortcuts-for-everyday-life-1495337792 It turns out, your school teacher was right. You need math on a regular basis. While most people won’t typically have need of orthogonal trajectories, here are some of the most vital math shortcuts for your everyday life. 1. Figure Out Your Yearly Salary From Your Hourly (or Vice Versa) When negotiating your salary or trying to figure out raises, comparing annual salaries with hourly ones are a needless complication. Fortunately, there’s a quick and dirty way to transition between the two: $1/hour = $2000/year This formula assumes a 40-hour workweek and two weeks vacation every year. While your mileage may vary, this can help you get into a rough ballpark. If you’re part time, you can adapt the formula. Just multiply $2000 by your hourly rate to get your yearly rate. Alternatively, divide your annual salary to get your hourly pay. For example: $7.25/hour * 2000 = $14,500/year $30,000/year / 2000 = $15/hour You can also adapt this formula if you’re only working part-time. For example, if you work a job 32 hours a week, that equals $1600/year. Every 8 hours per week amounts to $400/year for every $1 per hour. 2. Use the Rule of 72 to Estimate Interest or Returns on Investment When you’re considering where to invest your money and what kind of return you want to get, the Rule of 72 can put you in the ballpark. Here’s how it works: 72/Interest Rate = Years To Double Investment While the Rule of 72 isn’t perfectly accurate, it can give you a frame of reference. So, say you have $5,000 and you want to place it in a mutual fund that generally has a return of 10%. That $5,000 will double to $10,000 in about 7.2 years. You can also use this to estimate the effect of inflation. While US inflations rates vary widely from year to year , we could reasonably estimate at least a 2% increase in inflation. Using the Rule of 72, we can see that your $10,000 today will be worth about $5,000 in about 36 years. 3. Calculate a Tip In Your Head Quickly When it comes time for the tip, you don’t want to waste time or pull out the calculator on your phone. To simplify how much you need to give for a tip, move the decimal in your total one place to the left to reach 10%. If your total is $20, you get $2 for a 10% tip. From there you can easily calculate a higher percentage. If you want to do a 15% tip, multiply that number by 1.5 ($3 in our example). For 20%, multiple by two, and so on. Of course, you do have a calculator in your smartphone, so if you don’t mind pulling it out briefly, you can figure out the tip with a single calculation. Multiply your total time 1.[tip%]. So, for a 20% tip, multiply your total by 1.2. This will give you your new total. The difference between your new total and the subtotal will give you your tip amount. 4. Convert Between Fahrenheit and Celsius Until Earth establishes a universal Federation and unites all nations and planets under a single banner, we’ll probably keep wrestling with converting between different standards of measurement. Fortunately, one of the most common-converting between Fahrenheit and Celsius-is also pretty easy to calculate . . Celsius to Fahrenheit: Multiply the temperature by 2, then add 30. . Fahrenheit to Celsius: Subtract 30, then divide by 2. This is more of a ballpark estimate, but for most things, it will work alright. If you do need to get more specific, however, replace 2 with 1.8 and replace 30 with 32 in the above equations. 5. Figure Out the Annual Cost of Daily Habits We all have our habits that cost small amounts of money that eventually add up. If you want to find out just how much you’ll spend on them every year, there’s a quick way to find out : 1. Estimate the weekly cost of each purchase. If it costs $4 and you do it four times per week, then the weekly cost is $16. 2. Add two zeros to the end. In this example, we get $1600. 3. Divide that number by half. Here, we get $800. This will be a rough approximation of the yearly cost. Strictly speaking, this will actually give you the cost of 50 weeks of the habit, though it’s reasonable to assume there would be some variation throughout the year, anyway. It’s also a great way to get a frame of reference for how much you might be able to save by changing certain habits. Of course, the great thing about math is that there’s no limit to the number of quick, time-saving shortcuts that can be useful in daily life. I am sure you’ve got plenty more, so share them by sending your math shortcut to Dthompson5@mchsi.com I will then resend out this list as it grows. 01/07/14]]>

with its own interface, be it Samsung’s TouchWiz or HTC’s Sense. They spend enormous amounts of time making sure they get it just right, trying to improve on stock Android while standing out from the crowd. But despite their best efforts they can’t please everyone. Features are lacking or forced on you and things just don’t look or feel right. Thankfully there’s a solution. Smartphone makers aren’t the only ones who can develop an interface (or launcher) for Android and many third parties have unleashed their own creations onto Google Play, allowing you to download new launchers and replace whatever one your phone came with. A quick search for ‘launcher’ will turn up many, but some are better than others. Nova Launcher is among the best. It closely resembles stock Android but gives you a number of powerful tools to further customise it, from a scrollable dock, to new homescreen transition effects and the ability to add widgets to the dock. The basic app is free, but a paid for ‘Prime’ version adds even more features, such as customisable gesture controls. Another option, particularly if you want a launcher you can show off with, is Next Launcher 3D. As the name suggests, it uses a 3D effect to make icons pop out of the screen. Fancy effects aside it’s also got a robust feature set, including the ability to create custom themes and app icons. At ]]>

47 Keyboard Shortcuts That Work in All Web Browsers Each major web browser shares a large number of keyboard shortcuts in common. Whether you’re using Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, or Opera – these keyboard shortcuts will work in your browser. Each browser also has some of its own, browser-specific shortcuts, but learning the ones they have in common will serve you well as you switch between different browsers and computers. This list includes a few mouse actions, too. 1. Tabs Ctrl+1 through 8 – Switch to the specified tab, counting from the left. Ctrl+9 – Switch to the last tab. Ctrl+Tab – Switch to the next tab – in other words, the tab on the right. (Ctrl+Page Up also works, but not in Internet Explorer.) Ctrl+Shift+Tab – Switch to the previous tab – in other words, the tab on the left. (Ctrl+Page Down also works, but not in Internet Explorer.) Ctrl+W, or Ctrl+F4 – Close the current tab. Ctrl+Shift+T – Reopen the last closed tab. Ctrl+T – Open a new tab. Ctrl+N – Open a new browser window. Alt+F4 – Close the current window. (Works in all applications.) 2. Mouse Actions for Tabs Middle Click a Tab – Close the tab. Ctrl+Left Click, or Middle Click – Open a link in a background tab. Shift+Left Click – Open a link in a new browser window. Ctrl+Shift+Left Click – Open a link in a foreground tab. 3. Navigation Alt+Left Arrow, or Backspace – Back a WebPage. Alt+Right Arrow, or Shift+Backspace – Forward a WebPage. F5 – Reload. Ctrl+F5 – Reload and skip the cache, re-downloading the entire website. Escape – Stop. Alt+Home – Open homepage. 4. Zooming Ctrl and +, or Ctrl+Mousewheel Up – Zoom in. Ctrl and -, Ctrl+Mousewheel Down – Zoom out. Ctrl+0 – Default zoom level. F11 – Full-screen mode. 5. Scrolling Space, Page Down – Scroll down a frame. Shift+Space, Page Up – Scroll up a frame. Home – Top of page. End – Bottom of page. Middle Click – Scroll with the mouse. (Windows only) http://cdn.howtogeek.com/public/images/loading.gif 6. Address Bar Ctrl+L, or Alt+D, F6 – Focus the address bar so you can begin typing. Ctrl+Enter – Prefix www. and append .com to the text in the address bar, and then load the website. For example, type howtogeek into the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to open www.howtogeek.com. Alt+Enter – Open the location in the address bar in a new tab. 7. Search Ctrl+K, or Ctrl+E – Focus the browser’s built-in search box or focus the address bar if the browser doesn’t have a dedicated search box. (Ctrl+K doesn’t work in IE, Ctrl+E does.) Alt+Enter – Perform a search from the search box in a new tab. Ctrl+F, or F3 – Open the in-page search box to search on the current page. Ctrl+G, or F3 – Find the next match of the searched text on the page. Ctrl+Shift+G, or Shift+F3 – Find the previous match of the searched text on the page. 8. History & Bookmarks Ctrl+H – Open the browsing history. Ctrl+J – Open the download history. Ctrl+D – Bookmark the current website. Ctrl+Shift+Del – Open the Clear Browsing History window. 9. Other Functions Ctrl+P – Print the current page. Ctrl+S – Save the current page to your computer. Ctrl+O – Open a file from your computer. Ctrl+U – Open the current page’s source code. (Not in IE.) F12 – Open Developer Tools. (Requires Firebug extension for Firefox.)]]>

42+ Text-Editing Keyboard Shortcuts That Work Almost Everywhere Article Source, HTG: http://www.howtogeek.com/115664/42-text-editing-keyboard-shortcuts-that-work -almost-everywhere/ Whether you’re typing an email in your browser or writing in a word processor, there are convenient keyboard shortcuts usable in almost every application. You can copy, select, or delete entire words or paragraphs with just a few key presses. Some applications may not support a few of these shortcuts, but most applications support the majority of them. Many are built into the standard text-editing fields on Windows and other operating systems. 1. Working With Words We’re used to the arrow, Backspace, and Delete keys working with a single character at a time. However, we can add the Ctrl key to have them effect entire words or paragraph at the same time. Ctrl+Left Arrow – Move cursor to beginning of previous word. Ctrl+Right Arrow – Move cursor to beginning of next word Ctrl+Backspace – Delete previous word. Ctrl+Delete – Delete next word. Ctrl+Up Arrow – Move cursor to beginning of paragraph. Ctrl+Down Arrow – Move cursor to end of paragraph. Mac Users: Use the Option key instead of the Ctrl key. 2. Moving the Cursor The Ctrl key can also be combined with the Home and End keys. Home – Move cursor to beginning of current line. End – Move cursor to end of current line. Ctrl+Home – Move cursor to top of the text entry field. Ctrl+End – Move cursor to bottom of the text entry field. Page Up – Move cursor up a frame. Page Down – Move cursor down a frame. page up page down 3. Selecting Text All of the above shortcuts can be combined with the Shift key to select text. Shift+Left or Right Arrow Keys – Select characters one at a time. Shift+Up or Down Arrow Keys – Select lines one at a time. Shift+Ctrl+Left or Right Arrow Keys – Select words – keep pressing the arrow keys to select additional words. Shift+Ctrl+Up or Down Arrow Keys – Select paragraphs. Shift+Home – Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the current line. Shift+End – Select the text between the cursor and the end of the current line. Shift+Ctrl+Home – Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the text entry field. Shift+Ctrl+End – Select the text between the cursor and the end of the text entry field. Shift+Page Down – Select a frame of text below the cursor. Shift+Page Up – Select a frame of text above the cursor. Ctrl+A – Select all text. You can use several of these shortcuts to fine-tune your selected text. For example, you could press Shift+End to select the text to the end of the current line, and then press Shift+Down to also select the line below it. After selecting text, you can start typing immediately to replace the text – you don’t have to press Delete first. 4. Editing Note from Dan”: I am not sure why the “insert” is mentioned in this section. I tried on my windows-xp and windows-7 computers with all four screenreaders with nothing happening. However the author of this article must have had a reason for including the insert key. Possible it is for use on a Mac. But since HTG is usually very accurate, I am leaving the keystrokes including insert in the document. You can really speed up text-editing by using the Ctrl keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste text. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Insert – Copy selected text. Ctrl+X, Shift+Delete – Cut selected text. Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert – Paste text at cursor. Ctrl+Z – Undo. Ctrl+Y – Redo. 5. Formatting Formatting shortcuts only work if the application or website you’re using supports text formatting. If you have text selected, the shortcut will apply the formatting to your selected text. If you don’t have text selected, the shortcut will toggle the associated formatting option. Ctrl+B – Bold. Ctrl+I – Italic. Ctrl+U – Underline. keyboard undo cut copy paste 6. Functions These function keys are common to most text-editing applications. If you use them in your web browser, you’ll open your browser’s associated dialogs. Ctrl+F – Find. This opens the find dialog in most applications to search for text – I’ve even seen it work in some applications that didn’t have a Find option in their menus. F3 – Find next. Shift+F3 – Find previous. Ctrl+O – Open. Ctrl+S – Save. Ctrl+N – New document. Ctrl+P – Print. These keys work in most applications, but are particularly useful in text editors: Alt – Activate application’s menu bar. You can use the arrow keys to select a menu option and the Enter key to activate it. For programs other than Office2007 and above:Alt+F – Open File menu. Alt+E – Open Edit menu. Alt+V – Open View menu. In Office 2007 and above, the ribbons are opened by pressing: Open home ribbon – alt plus H Open insert ribbon – alt plus n Open page layout ribbon – alt plus P Open references ribbon – a;t plus S Mailings ribbon – alt plus M Review ribbon – alt plus R View ribbon – alt plus V Add in’s ribbon – alt plus X]]>