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I know no math classes really allow calculators but plenty of math intensive classes require calculators to do exams which is something a phone can't replace.
by timwiseman 16y ago
I know no math classes really allow calculators but plenty of math intensive classes require calculators to do exams which is something a phone can't replace.
I must beg to differ, the last time I took a math class that forbid calculators was high school. Now, many math classes I have taken restrict the type of calculators you can use, but that is different.
Of course, a calculator will do you little good in a class on theoretical math, but they have been allowed at least in the math classes I have taken.
- krschultz 16y agoI dunno, I took 8 semesters of math in college and never used a calculator in any of the classes. Didn't really use it on exams in other classes either - everything was all variables. I did use it for homeworks. I'd be hard pressed to replace it with a iPhone app though, for one thing my calculator is a lot bigger and it is still pressed for space for buttons.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoNot sure why you are being downmodded. I was never allowed a calculator in math classes (about 10 years ago), but it was allowed in every other undergrad science class. In grad courses, there would have been little point since it was uncommon to see a number besides e, i, pi and -1 (occasionally also a 2 or sqrt(2)).