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When I did my A-levels, we were taught to give answers as surds the exams usually asked for this when we were doing trig and it was generally accepted to give a
by willyt 6y ago
When I did my A-levels, we were taught to give answers as surds the exams usually asked for this when we were doing trig and it was generally accepted to give answers as fractions so I think I ended up using my expensive graphic calculator once or twice in 6 hours of maths exams.
- pacaro 6y agoThis matches my recollection too. I had a calculator, I used it almost exclusively for "wasting" time programming in class, I don't believe I ever used it in an exam. While the graphing calculators were available we weren't told we needed them so, being on a tight family budget, I didn't have one. My sister, a few years later was told that she had to have a graphing calculator, which she claims she never used