How to Use Google Calculator to Convert Degrees to Radians and Radians to Degrees

Written by: Tom · August 3, 2008 at 12:00 pm · Category: Google Calculator 

With a few keystrokes, you can easily take advantage of the power of Google’s built-in Calculator to convert between degrees and radians.  For example, let’s say that you want to convert 60 degrees into radians, all you have to do is type 60 degrees in radians into any Google search box.  Here’s what you get:

Don’t worry about giving Google a big number to handle either.  It can convert degrees that are over 360.  It can even convert over 10,000° into radians:

It’s just as easy to go from radians to degrees.  You can type in whole numbers, numbers with decimals, and even fractions.  If you have 2.25 radians and want to convert that to degrees, you could simply type 2 1/4 radians in degrees into the search box.  Here’s Google Calculator’s answer:

It’s easy as pie to incorporate π into your calculations.  For example, if you want to know what 3π radians is in degrees, all you have to do is type in 3pi radians in degrees.  No need to even use the π symbol, just type pi.

And we end up with an anaswer of 540 degrees, which makes sense, since 1π radians is 180 degrees, and 3 x 180 is 540.

If you have any questions or comments on how these conversions have changed your life, please leave them below in the comments section!

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