I am very new to Pure Data but was very excited to come across it.
My question is. Can I set up a program with PD that will allow me to program simple math equations on it for it to solve? Thanks ahead of time for you responses

[expr ] should be what you're looking for

Well PD should be turing complete.

Seriously, as slvmchn said, take a look at [expr]. The implemented functions are explained here: http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~yadegari/expr.html

Langton's ant is turing complete ;p