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SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  This has a secondary effect of making average people incapable of estimation in their heads. Hopefully in the future people won’t be incapable of writing and art.

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  • SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Average people weren’t doing complex math in their head back when human calculators were a thing.

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    • KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      But they were estimating things. Somehow illiterate people ran marketplaces for thousands of years.

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  • frezik@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The entire point behind the much maligned New Math is to teach approximate solutions that you can do quickly in your head. It’s the realization that if you want an exact answer, use a calculator, but quick head estimates are still useful.

    It was opposed by generations who were told to memorize multiplication tables because they wouldn’t always have a calculator available.

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    • KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Well you should memorize those anyway. It’s useful all your life for easy calculation. If you want 7 items and they cost $3.50 each, it’s between $21 and $28.

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      • NounsAndWords@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I check on the calculator I have with me at all times. It’s $24.50

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