Stripping a unit or percentage from a number
To strip the unit, rate or percentage from a number, convert it to a number (or decimal)
$100 as number | 100
40/day to decimal | 40
20% as dec | 0.2
Proportions / rule of three
Known as the , these phrases help you find the number required to maintain a proportion.
6 is to 60 as 8 is to what | 80
5 is to 10 as what is to 80 | 40
These phrases also work with units:
5 km is to 500m as 5 cm is to what | 5 mm
30 minutes is to 3 hours as what is to 60 seconds | 10 seconds
Comparing numbers
min() and max() in Soulver
larger of 100 and 200 | 200
greater of 100 and 200 | 200
smaller of 5 and 10 | 5
lesser of 5 and 10 | 5
Halving and getting a midpoint
half of 175 | 87.5
midpoint between 150 and 300 | 225
Random numbers
To generate a random integer in a specified range:
random number between 1 and 10 | 7
To generate a random floating point number, use the range 0 to 1
random number between 0 and 1 | 0.4793193723
LCM & GCD
Lowest common multiple and greatest common divisor
gcd of 20 and 30 | 10
lcm of 5 and 8 | 40
Permutations & Combinations
10 permutation 3 | 720
25 combination 3 | 2,300
Or alternatively use a slightly clearer syntax:
3 permutations of 10 | 720
3 combinations of 25 | 2,300
Clamp
clamp 26 between 5 and 25 | 25
clamp 4 from 5 to 25 | 5
