how do you guys type square roots and powers like superscripts on the keyboard?

Question

this is just annoying so if you know it will make my life much easier hehe
i know you do this for powers ^ but how do you make them into superscripts and whats the sequence for a square root?
thanks

Answer 1

if you can't remember the codes

just copy & paste these

γσαЄΠ Φ Ψ Ω Λ θ ξ λ ω ρ Γ β ζ ε φ δ ƒ

∑ π ∂ √ μ ∫ ~ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ ÷ ×±√ ∞

→ ← ¯ • ¹ ² ³ ° ∩∆ ○●▬ ►◄ ∴ ∇

¼ ½ ¾ ⅓ ⅔ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞

from a word document

you can get a few more from the insert menu



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Answer 2

It's actually typical to NOT put "^" in a superscript. I was a math major for two years in university and only saw it as, for example, x^2 (x squared).



Square root: I put "sqrt(x)", though, again, it depends on if you are using a word document or an online figuration. Regardless, I would go ahead with the aforementioned.



For instance, if you were writing out "Square root of nine squared plus 4" it would look like this:



sqrt[(9^2)+4]



Any educator will know what you mean.

Answer 3

You can get a few from the Alt-xxx codes, but you can get more by using the Character Map of your Windows operating system. Macs and Unix machines have something similar I believe. On a PC, you can get to your Character Map by going to All Programs -> Accessories -> Character Map. Once you have called this up, you can then scroll through the available characters and select the one (or ones) you want. These will then appear in the dialog box toward the bottom. Once you have the characters you want, you then Copy them to your computer's internal memory. Call up your Answers window, put the cursor where you want the characters to appear, and paste them in. The most convenient way to paste them into the existing text is to hold the control button down and press v on the keyboard.

Answer 4

Looking for the square root symbol? If you are using Window XP, go to Start- All Programs- Accessories- System Tools- Character Map. You will be able to choose from many different characters, including the square root symbol. Just click "select" when you find it, then "copy" and then past it into your text. I have moved my character map, so yours might be in a different place. If it is not in Accessorie, try doing a local search on your drive. .

Answer 5

If you have a keyboard with the numeric keypad on the side, use the ALT key with the following numeric sequences (hold down the ALT while typing the numbers on the keypad) to get special characters:



ALT-227 π

ALT-236 ∞

ALT-241 ±

ALT-242 ≥

ALT-243 ≤

ALT-246 ÷

ALT-247 ≈

ALT-248 °

ALT-251 √

ALT-253 ²

ALT-258 ☻

ALT-147 ô

ALT-789 §

ALT-1235 ╙

ALT-1456 ░

ALT-741 σ

ALT-7412398 ▓

and so on

Try out a bunch to see what you get on your keypad.

Answer 6

If you have a keyboard with the numeric keypad on the side, use the ALT key with the following numeric sequences (hold down the ALT while typing the numbers on the keypad) to get special characters:



ALT-227 π

ALT-236 ∞

ALT-241 ±

ALT-242 ≥

ALT-243 ≤

ALT-246 ÷

ALT-247 ≈

ALT-248 °

ALT-251 √

ALT-253 ²



Try out a bunch to see what you get on your keypad.

Answer 7

You enter the extended ASCII code for each value by holding down the ALT key and entering the decimal value for the ASCII character you wish to enter.



I've included a link so you can see all the "neat" characters you can type.

Answer 8

In Windows, bring up your Character Map (from Accessories) and you can access all the symbols there.

Answer 9

microsoft word has superscript you can type it there



in word go to format > font