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To: Delta 21

Unfortunately, yes.

The new calculators will even give you the number in its fractional form.

Absolutely no understanding needed in learning math these days.


33 posted on 01/09/2012 10:14:13 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Jonty30

I just finished taking a basic math class, before jumping into something more difficult. I understood the math. My problem was learning how to use the calculator. My learning curve was different than the 19 year olds in my class who could plug the numbers in, but had no understanding of why.


41 posted on 01/09/2012 10:39:36 PM PST by Betty Jane
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That’s why I love using my HP 48 GX. Sure it would give you the answers, but you had to work for it, starting with learning RPN number entry.

I think it actually made me better at math. Just reading the user manual was an exercise.


80 posted on 01/18/2012 7:39:27 PM PST by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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