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You can advance your google skills with such things like flipping coins, a stopwatch, rolling die, defining words, calculators, and more. Check out this printable infographic poster to view more (click here).


  • Type - “Flip a Coin”

Description - Randomly flips a coin to reveal heads or tails.


  • Type - “Roll a die”

Description - Randomly rolls a 6-sided die and shows the result

Uses - Study probability for math


  • Type - “Define [word]”

Description - Gives the definition of the word, along with origin, use over time, synonyms, antonyms, and more.


  • Type - “What time is it in [place]”

Description - Gives the time, day, and date of the location.


  • Type - “Timer”, “10 second timer”, “stopwatch”

Description - sets and runs a countdown timer, or runs a stopwatch


  • Type - “Calculator”, or enter the math problem such as “2 times 3”

Description - Opens a functioning calculator


  • Type - “How any [unit1] in a [unit2]” like “How many ounces in a pound” or a search like “5 feet is how many inches”

Description - Opens an interactive conversion tool for area, length, mass, speed, time, and much more.


  • Type - “currency conversion” or a search like “how many euros in a dollar”

Description - Provides drop down menus to choose the two currencies to convert as well as boxes to type in the amount to convert. Gives the amount in the new currency and displays a graph of historical conversion rates for those currencies.


  • Type - “Area of a [shape]”

Description - Enter values and find the area of shapes including triangles, rectangles, circles, and more.


  • Type - “Volume of a [solid]”

Description - Enter values and find the volume of solids including cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, pyramids, cylinders, spheres, and more.


  • Type - “what does the [animal] say”

Description - Gives a picture of the animal and plays the sound it makes. Animals include dog, cow, zebra, horse, cat, and more.


  • Type - “how many calories in a [food]”

Description - Gives the calories for a food item, and allows you to switch to other similar foods and a variety of service sizes


  • Type - “translate” or “what is [word] in [language]”

Description - Gives a box to enter the original word and a menu to choose the new language, then provides a translation and pronunciation. Additionally you can click the microphone to speak the original word.


  • Type - “weather in [location]”

Description - Gives current temperature, precipitation, humidity, and wind for the location, as well as a forecast for the next week.


  • Type - [image you are looking for] png

Description - Finds images with transparent background

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