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Talk about getting old ...
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. === 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. |
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