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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jun 2013
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Talk about getting old ...
F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 9/13/13 5:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:38:12 -0400, wrote:
There is some discussion that math skills like long division and doing
square roots may go the way of cursive writing.
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The important thing is to understand the concepts not the actual
mechanics since literally no one does long division or square roots by
hand anymore.
Well, maybe not square roots, but when I am cutting down a piece of
lumber into thirds or quarters, and it's an unknown length, I measure
it with a steel tape and then do "long division" to get and mark the
lengths.
There are still reasons to be able to do simply math in your hand or
by hand.
Simply math in your hand, eh?
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