Why Should We Learn Math When Everyone Has Calculators?

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I hear this question a lot. I teach remedial math for the army and have even heard an instructor say that the only reason we didn’t allow calculators in class was that the ASVAB/AFCT doesn’t allow calculators on the test, which he thought was ridiculous.

Yeah, that guy got a lecture.