Why would you ever need a calculator at the exam?

[Russian]

My intermediate chem class required them....and for a freaking good reason.

[mietla]

Dang. I got a headache just seeing the possibility of doing math that difficult.  <S> to y'all that can stand to do it.

Mom.,

Math is the easiest thing there IS. It is natural, like breathing. eating and (you know what). The very purpose people invented more and more (number not internet) domains, was to help solve the problems they've faced.

At first adding chickens to chickens was enough(natural numbers) , but when you start to take them away you'll soon need the negative number (integers). As soon as you have a partner in your deals you'll need to DIVIDE the profits (welcome fractions) and so on ...

[mietla]

My intermediate chem class required them....and for a freaking good reason.

What was the purpose of the test?

[ramzey]

as for Dima, probably counting moles in a glass of stolicznaya

[Russian]

as for Dima, probably counting moles in a glass of stolicznaya

Close Tests are timed and without knowledge of how to properly solve calc would be useless anyhow...

[moot]

Mom.,

Math is the easiest thing there IS. It is natural, like breathing. eating and (you know what). The very purpose people invented more and more (number not internet) domains, was to help solve the problems they've faced.

At first adding chickens to chickens was enough(natural numbers) , but when you start to take them away you'll soon need the negative number (integers). As soon as you have a partner in your deals you'll need to DIVIDE the profits (welcome fractions) and so on ...

Yep.. Math is just another language, and easier still, it's illustrated all around us.  One need only be perceptive enough.

[Baitman]

Some can't do math.

Others (me included) can see the groups and the answers with out the calculations.

[Serenity]

Some can't do math.

I am one of them.

I fell behind when my 8th grade math teacher refused to teach us everything. So, I was never taught pre-alg. However, I tested (somehow) into alg I the next year, and have been advancing ever since. Im two years ahead of my grade in math, but just barely passing by the skin of my teeth, with a C/REALLY low B average. When it comes to math, Im completely lost. But a calculator doesn't help. All a calculator does is basic calculations faster than you can. I get the basics. Its once you start dealing with all of the other theories in it that I get lost.

[Holden McGroin]

Engineering students have used calculators during tests since before Hewlett Packard and Texas Insturments were companies.

[SD67]

Woohoo!
The good old slide-rules!
I used to have an awesome wooden one from the '60's (now one of the things my ex may or may not have kept or sold )

[Holden McGroin]

I have one of these around in a box somewhere.

It works better than a HP when adding up feet, inches, and fractional inches.

[Latrobe]

I am one of them.

I'm another. Was really great at math stuff. In 7th grade I got 100% on everything (tests, exams, homework, quizes). I only got a 99% once and my teacher had a little fun with me on that. Ended 7th grade with a 100% overall grade! That only included a little bit of Pre-Algebra. Then came 8th grade and Pre-Algebra. Think I ended the year with a low B. Then came 9th grade with Algebra I. I sucked at it, and my teacher went so fast through everything and refused to slow down. When anyone asked her if she could go over that again she just said "I'm not slowing down just for one person. Just skip it and do this." I did ok the first half the year, but the second half I couldn't keep up, and I barley passed! I had to leave that school and finish the year home-schooled just to pass! This year (10th) wasn't any easier, and it takes me longer to understand AND remember something than someone else. Most other kids can learn stuff and remember it in about 2-5 days. For me, it takes about 1-2 weeks because I'm a bit slow and have one of the worst memories in the world! I can't remember much about what I did the other day, and would have to go back 1 lesson to remember it. So, even as Cyber-School'd I had alot of trouble with Algebra.

Compared to many other people, I'm stupid. The only things I can do is computer stuff, and most things electronical. I can fix my computer, or make a game work on my PS3, but anything else I just don't get because I'm not too smart.     Think I might have A.D.D. too.

Still don't know if I passed 10th grade yet.

[expat]

me and maths parted company as soon as they introduced letters ...

[SD67]

bah...
W/S=qC_Lwhere q=1/2pV_max²and C_L=C_Lmax

[john9001]

if you can't do math a calculator won't help, you will not know what buttons to push or when.