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Originally Posted by Welpe
Is it me or are people losing the ability to make change? Is basic math really becoming that difficult?
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Seems to me that basic math skills are lost since it's become too easy to carry a device everywhere people go that can do everything by app.
My daughter, who is 25, cannot calculate tips when we go to dinner. She can't even understand that figuring out 20% of $35 using her phone's calculator is done by the key strokes "35 x 0.2 =" Rather, she uses an app where she can type in "35", then push a button that has "20%" on it.
It's sad.