University of Strathclyde in Glasgow Calculator Words
	I was looking for exercises where you type in numbers on a calculator, turn the calculator upside down and read a word off the calculator display. (This is the sort of nonsense I got up to when I should have been studying for my O-Grade Maths!) The only one I could vaguely remember was some shaggy dog story where you did a calculation as you went along. You finished by asking, "What make was the oil?" and the answer on the calculator was 77345. Turn the calculator upside down and it says ShELL... sort of. I went looking on the Internet, confident I'd find something no trouble. Either I was entering the wrong search terms, or there's nothing out there... so I made up my own. A Microsoft Word version of Christmas Calculations is available, but I created a web page, calculator, for those who have trouble with the Word version. I tried to design the web page so it could be printed out and used as a worksheet, but how successful this is will depend on the browser used and a host of other factors that are out with my control. I do not claim that these exercises have any educational value. I just did it for fun! If you come across anything similar, or if you know any yourself, I would be very grateful if you could tell me about it. I threw the available letters at an anagram solving program. You can look at the list of calculator friendly words it came up with if you want try creating some yourself.
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