• crushyerbones@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Exactly. Since we invented calculators nearly a hundred years ago students have been unable to learn how to do basic addition and multiplication unassisted.

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      24 days ago

      We see that one for sure. 16 year old not knowing how much change they should get back if they buy something for 15.70 and hand the cashier a 20.

      At work I had to help an engineer tally objects on their screen, because they struggled to keep track after 10.