Education Thursdays: Calculus, OneNote, and Microsoft Mathematics

A few years ago I have written about using Microsoft OneNote as calculator and how easy it is to solve the following math problem:

(sqrt(2*pi*70)*2+150)^2

But how about if you wanted to solve something like this:

There is no way for you to integrate or differentiate in Microsoft OneNote – well not unless you download and install the Microsoft Mathematics Add-in.

Now how do you exactly do integration in Microsoft OneNote?

1. Make sure you have downloaded and installed the Microsoft Mathematics Add-in from here
2. Start Microsoft OneNote – you will see that there is a new Mathematics tab in the ribbon
3. Go to the Mathematics tab and click Equation (the "Pi" icon) then click Insert New Equation
4. Build your equation using the equation editor
5. Go back to the Mathematics tab and click the Compute command; you should be able to perform a lot of mathematical operations from there including integration and differentiation.

This is really a useful tool for teachers to validate the answer for their exam items, and for you students to check if the answer for your assignment is correct – your teachers still expects your solution to the problem. Don't even think about relying on this one alone to solve your assignment.