FEATURE REQUEST - Math Tools in Whiteboard

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This is likely too late, but it might help others as I had the same issue. To do this, I found a free, transparent image of a protractor on clipart (check it's transparent by copy/pasting it into PowerPoint). Once you've found the one you need, right-click the image and save it as a picture. Then, you can upload the picture onto your whiteboard and it should remain transparent. Hope this helps... someone.

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I support this feature request. Math-specific tools would be very helpful for teachers, tutors, and students who use Zoom Whiteboard for online lessons. Features like basic arithmetic, square roots, and number factorization could save time and make explanations easier during live sessions.

In the meantime, many educators use external resources alongside virtual classrooms. For example, I’ve found Calculadora Alicia useful for quickly checking calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, prime factorization, and square roots while working through examples with students.

Having similar functionality integrated directly into the whiteboard would create a smoother learning experience and reduce the need to switch between multiple tools.

This is actually a really useful suggestion, especially for math tutoring and geometry teaching. A built-in set of tools like protractor, ruler, and coordinate grid would make Zoom Whiteboard much more practical for educators and students.

Right now many teachers rely on external math tools or add-ons, so having native math support would definitely improve the workflow and reduce switching between tabs. Hopefully this gets considered in future updates.
I’ve also seen some educators using external online math calculators and tools to fill this gap, which can be helpful for quick geometry or fraction work.

I support this request, and I have found the same gap when tutoring maths. Switching between screen share and the whiteboard breaks the flow, especially when a student is working through a problem step by step.

Until native maths tools arrive, the workaround that has worked best for me is to prepare the whiteboard in advance: set a quad-ruled background for coordinates and graphs, save a few reusable pages for fraction bars, number lines and a coordinate grid, and add a transparent protractor image that can be moved and resized. Keeping those templates in a saved whiteboard means I can open the right page in seconds instead of drawing axes from scratch each lesson.

For checking work, I also keep a calculator open in a separate window and share only that window when needed, then return to the whiteboard for the explanation. It is not as smooth as built-in tools would be, but it keeps the working visible to the student throughout. A built-in protractor, fraction tool and snap-to-grid option would make a real difference for tutors.