GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

[Dave Wade]

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> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of dwight via
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> Sent: 19 July 2018 22:17
> To: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic and
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> Subject: Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...
> 
> One thing that bothers me is the continued emphasis on arithmetic and not
> on mathematics. The kids growing up today will rarely be more than a few
> feet from a calculator. The first thing on the math test was the "No
calculator
> allowed". I'm not saying that they shouldn't be taught arithmetic but it
should
> be the minimum necessary to recreate a multiplication, square, divide or
> what ever table. Knowing what 43 * 67 is on an exam is useless in
> determining if the kid can learn calculus or understand how it relates to
the
> real world.

All too often they put the numbers in blindly, mis-type,  and get a silly
answer......
They need enough to know that the answer to that calculation will be
somewhere 
between 2400 and 3500 and probably be able to tell me its likely to be near
40 X 70...

... so take         43 + 5 * 67 
... well the windows calculator gives 3216 in standard mode and 378 in
scientific mode....



> 
> About the hardest math a person might need to know how do do by
> themselves it to figure the tip at a restaurant. And even then, if the
cell
> phone is charged it will do it for them.
> 
> Dwight


Dave
>