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Online Calculators, Conversion Tools, Measurements & Weights
Calculation & Conversion Tools
Economic Calculators/Converters
Cost of Living Comparator - Calculates comparative cost of living in over 500 US cities.
Currency Exchange Rates -Current exchange rates provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Fuel Consumption Converter- Besides converting different units of measure that are related to (automobile) fuel consumption, this web page can also calculate the fuel amount, it's cost and the (driving) distance.
Inflation Converter - Calculates inflation for any two years between 1880 and 1998.
Mortgage, Loans, & Personal Finance CalculatorOANDA - Multilingual currency converter containing exchange rates for 164 currencies. Travelers can print out a cheat sheet to facilitate calculations while you travel." Also offers historical charts of exchange rates, and forecasts for global markets.
Universal Currency Converter - Calculates amounts between currencies."CONSUMER LOAN - Find out what the monthly payment would be, compare different interest rates and repayment periods. You provide loan amount, loan interest rate and length of payment. It returns the estimated monthly payment.
TUITION - Calculate how much you should be saving today to cover tomorrow's tuition. Provide prospective student's current age, age when they will attend school, current annual tuition, current tuition inflation rate, years to be spent in school, amount currently saved/invested, and the current annual rate of return on the amount saved/invested. It returns the monthly amount needed to cover the total tuition cost.
NEW CAR - Compare the costs of leasing vs. buying a car new. You provide lease information: down payment,
licensing fees, monthly lease payment, and car value at the end of the lease. Buying information: sales tax, car loan
interest rate and length of repayment. It returns the total cash payment and a comparison of leasing and financing costs during the loan repayment period.MORTGAGE - Compare mortgage interest rates and repayment periods. You provide loan principal, interest rate and mortgage repayment periods. It returns the estimated monthly payments.
RETIREMENT - Tells you how much you need to save today in order to retire in comfort later. You provide current age, planned retirement age, desired monthly retirement income, expected Social Security income, money already saved/invested and anticipated return on savings/investments. It returns the monthly amount need to reach retirement goal."
WebCalc WebCalc provides web based calculators & converters for a variety of needs. Included are such categories as math - geometry- - find surface, area, volume. surface; trigonometry; statistics; science calculators; financial; health; sports; automotive, etc. Currently there are over 150 calculators with more being added daily." WebCalc is created by Blaine Hilton.
Tide Charts
Weights & Measurement Data
A Dictionary of Weights, Units & Measures - This provides a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest), together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the S I.
Asknumbers.com - Online conversions between different metrics of length, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, frequency and more.
EngNet - Metric Conversion Chart
megaConverter - "megaConverter.com provides weights, measures and units conversion/calculation modules. MegaConverter allows users to discover things like how many seconds old they are, the difference between a gallon in the USA and a gallon in the UK, how many nanometers in an inch, how many quarts in a caldron, and what the heck a Nebuchadnezzar is."
Periodic Table Toolbox - "This feature allows you to add different elements together to make a custom compound, which will be displayed with accompanying information such as Atomic Mass and Charge."
Roman Numeral Conversion Tool & Data Table
Time Zone Converter - Converts between time zones. See also the Time Zone Map.
Unit Converter - This converter works for units of energy, pressure, volume, temperature, and mass. You put in a number and select a base unit. The converter calculates the equivalent value for the other possible units. For instance, if you put in a Celsius temperature, you'll get back the equivalent temperature in Fahrenheit and Kelvin.
Page last updated: Aug 28, 2007
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Robyn Adcox