I was trying to divided some numbers by hand (paper and pen) and I couldn't figure out how to do it. I had to do a search online to find out. Has the calculator made us dumb?
2007-10-26 10:11:50 · 14 answers · asked by Lonewolf 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
How else do you do math if not by hand? In the head? I always do math in the head and on paper.
No no... calculators have made you dumb... not me.
I have never relied on a calculator and never will. I do use calculators for transcendental functions that are not possible to calculate in the head... but otherwise, its all me, baby!
Im sure you were warned as a younger person about practicing your math and relying on calculators. And now, finally, you believe it.
People think they never need math until they do... then they cant. Then of course a lot of them adapt to their stupidity and use "blunt force" instead of math... then they prove to themselves that they didnt need math in the first place.
2007-10-26 10:38:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; calculators don't make us dumb, they make us lazy.
As I often do math in my head, since I don't have a pen and paper around when math is required, I can still do math with a pen and paper. It also sounds like it's been a while since you did some actual math. That's why I like this site, it helps me remember the math I'd forgotten. I'll look at the answers to refresh my memory on problems I haven't done since college.
2007-10-26 10:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by bostep662 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The placing of digits in the decimal system makes it quite easy to do calculations with pen and paper. You get a better feel for numbers that way. Calculators should be banned in mathematics, except when a lengthy calculation is not the important part of the problem. They could still be used in physics and engineering.
2007-10-26 10:24:50 · answer #3 · answered by anthony@three-rs.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not me. I was always bad at math. But as an adult and being caught with out a calculator so many times, things I learned in school just started clicking!
2007-10-26 15:50:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i still know how to do long division by hand, and i'm not even that good at math. calculators have been around for some years, probably 20 or 30 or more. i don't think calculators are making us dumb, mathwise. it depends, are teachers using only calculators in class nowadays? that wouldn't make you dumb, but it would make you not know how to do it by hand, that's all.
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2016-10-23 01:06:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't forgotten but I think if someone always uses a calculator they could forget how to do it by hand or it would at least be harder to do by hand
2007-10-26 10:16:35 · answer #7 · answered by pete631631 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has somewhat. I used to be able to do an equation by hand. Now I bust out a calculator just to add something. it is pretty sad.
2007-10-26 10:20:09 · answer #8 · answered by Caroline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It has changed what we know and how we problem solve. Practice makes perfect and if you had a quick reminder on how to do division you would jump back into it. You wouldn't have to relearn it like you were in elementary school again.
2007-10-26 10:21:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes calculator made us dumb.but we can avoid it by practicing maths by hand.
2007-10-26 10:17:00 · answer #10 · answered by oracle9i 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋