Yes, as a workaround for this issue, you can downgrade to 5.28.2. Lucid
Lynx provides a package for that version, which can be installed in
Maverick. These instructions assume you're using the Ubuntu Software
Center.

First, uninstall the current package version. In the Ubuntu Software
Center, search for "gcalctool". One result, called "Calculator", will
come up. Click Remove. Assume you're using regular Ubuntu (rather than
Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.), you will be asked to uninstall the ubuntu-
desktop package. You must click "Remove Anyway" to uninstall gcalctool
(since gcalctool is a dependency of ubuntu-desktop). In the future, when
the latest version of gcalctool again meets your needs, you should
reinstall ubuntu-desktop.

Once the removal operation completes, get this package if your architecture is 
i386:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/gcalctool_5.30.0.is.5.28.2-0ubuntu2_i386.deb

Or this package if your architecture is amd64:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/gcalctool_5.30.0.is.5.28.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb

(These links can be found manually, if you wish, by going to
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcalctool and expanding
"5.30.0.is.5.28.2-0ubuntu2" under "The Lucid Lynx (supported)".)

Open it in the Ubuntu Software Center. It will say "Please install
'Gcalctool' via your normal software channels. Only install this file if
you trust the origin." Click Install.

Gcalctool 5.28.2 is now installed. Note that you can reinstall ubuntu-
desktop now if you wish (since the gcalctool package you just installed
fulfills the dependency). Doing so would ensure that you are
automatically presented with new packages that become part of the Ubuntu
Desktop system (which is the behavior of a properly functioning Ubuntu
system). However, you would also be automatically presented with the
current version of gcalctool, so you'd have to unselect it every time
you do an update, or you'd end up going back to the newer version that
does not meet your needs.

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  gcalctool window is not resizable

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