Math Forum http://mathforum.org/kb List of forum topics en Re: 4 function calculators -- and, why Arithmetic? http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8289347&tstart=0#8289347 On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Jack Rotman wrote:

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> However, a more]]> Feb 9, 2013 5:46:01 PM Feb 9, 2013 5:46:01 PM Schremmer.Alain@gmail.com 0 RE: 4 function calculators -- and, why Arithmetic? http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8288633&tstart=0#8288633 Feb 9, 2013 3:56:50 PM Feb 9, 2013 3:56:50 PM rotmanj@lcc.edu 1 Re: 4 function calculators http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8286732&tstart=0#8286732 Certainly inexcusable on the basis of *scholastic* reasons ... but]]> Feb 9, 2013 1:38:15 AM Feb 9, 2013 1:38:15 AM greeno@malei.org 0 RE: 4 function calculators http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8282313&tstart=0#8282313
I totally agree. A few years ago I was hired to tutor a young woman who
had failed Intermediate Algebra three times. Except for]]> Feb 8, 2013 8:53:35 PM Feb 8, 2013 8:53:35 PM joan@distancemath.com 2 Re: 4 function calculators http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8277742&tstart=0#8277742 On Feb 8, 2013, at 6:48 PM, Phil Mahler wrote:

> I don't see why we try to teach the "tables" and algorithms]]> Feb 8, 2013 7:04:32 PM Feb 8, 2013 7:04:32 PM Schremmer.Alain@gmail.com 1 Re: 4 function calculators http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8277485&tstart=0#8277485 Feb 8, 2013 6:48:31 PM Feb 8, 2013 6:48:31 PM mahlerp@middlesex.mass.edu 5 RE: 4 function calculators http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8273117&tstart=0#8273117 fact sheets, because, as you point out, filling them in is a]]> Feb 8, 2013 11:45:14 AM Feb 8, 2013 11:45:14 AM LSeese@stlcc.edu 6 RE: 4 function calculators http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8273116&tstart=0#8273116
The educational value of any calculator is
decreased when it is thought of and used as a
tool to do mathematics.]]> Feb 8, 2013 11:44:21 AM Feb 8, 2013 11:44:21 AM elaughba@math.ohio-state.edu 7 RE: 4 function calculators http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8272363&tstart=0#8272363
Have you tried Dollar General, Family Dollar, or Dollar Tree stores? Sometimes they will have small, cheap models of calculators]]> Feb 8, 2013 10:37:55 AM Feb 8, 2013 10:37:55 AM amanda.spencer-barnes@kctcs.edu 8 4 function calculators http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8272122&tstart=0#8272122 (without square root or % buttons), which I am sending because of]]> Feb 8, 2013 10:12:49 AM Feb 8, 2013 10:12:49 AM LSeese@stlcc.edu 9