Many know that the numbers displayed on a calculator display, when viewed upside down, resemble the letters of the Italian alphabet. The following tutorial will show you how to write some meaningful words using numbers from a calculator.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Write Words with a Calculator
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Step 1. Each number, when viewed upside down, represents a letter of the alphabet
Below you will find the complete list:
- 0= O / D
- Step 1.= I
- Step 2.= Z
- Step 3.= E
- Step 4.= H
- Step 5.= S
- Step 6.= P
- Step 7.= L
- Step 8.= B
- Step 9.= G
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Step 2. Use the available letters to write a word
Try writing them down on a sheet of paper first.
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Step 3. Use the list from the previous step to 'encode' letters to numbers, assigning each letter in your word the corresponding number
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Step 4. Type the resulting number, from right to left, using your calculator (start typing the resulting number starting with the last letter of your word)
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Step 5. Flip the calculator over and there you have it:
a word written in numbers!
Method 2 of 3: Some Examples
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Step 1. Here are some examples
- 0.7734 to write HELLO
- 376006 or 379009 to write GOOGLE
- 0.40404 to write HOHOHO
- 14 to write HI
- 707 to write LOL
- 0.02 to write ZOO
- 0.637 to write LEGO
- 31138 to write BELLE
- 2208.71 to write THE BOSS
- 202 to write SOS
- 005 to write ZOO
- 05380 to write OBESE
- 017153 to write EXILE
- 1838 to write BEBI
- 05537 to write LESSO
- 07738135 to write SEIBELLO
- 0705 to write ONLY
- 50715 to write SILOS
- 0173 to write HELIUM
- 3705 to write SUN
- 37051 to write ISLANDS
- 0550 to write BONE
- 37708 to write BUBBLES
- 018 to write BIO
- 135 to write SIX
- 0170 to write OIL
Method 3 of 3: Hexadecimal method
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Step 1. If your calculator can display hexadecimal numbers (scientific calculator), activate this mode
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Step 2. Write the words you want, from left to right, using the letters A-B-C-D-E-F-I (1), O (0) and S (5)
In this case there will be no need to turn the calculator upside down.