Some people believe that electronic calculators should not be allowed in school until after the pupils have mastered mental arithmetic. Others believe that calculators save pupils time, especially with complicated calculations. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Nowadays,
students
who need good scores should make every effort and study hard. Some people think that calculators
should be banned at schools because students
have to master mental arithmetic
, while others believe that electronic calculators
save pupils
time. In my opinion, calculators
help students
to calculate arithmetically correctly.
On the one hand, using calculators
at school has many benefits which may help pupils
get high scores than usual. In addition
, electronic calculators
are saved students
time in solving complicated calculations. For instance
, if the student knows how to solve algebra questions, but has some mistakes in multiplication, this
will ruin his grade. Nevertheless
, if a child uses a calculator, he will have the opportunity to a higher band.
On the other hand
, using electronic calculators
too early decrease a child’s mental arithmetic
skills
. In primary schools, children used to calculate simple tasks which can be solved without using calculators
. The arithmetic
skill is used to increase an individual’s brain and memory system. For example
, pupils
who know this
skill may memorize a large amount of information and analyze it.
Hence
, technologies are developing rapidly and devices are able to perform complex calculations. I support the idea of using devices which may help to solve the task at schools. Therefore
, today people do not use their arithmetic
skills
because machines can do it. For example
, problem-solving skills
are more demanded in study and work than arithmetic
skills
.
In conclusion, I think devices like a calculator is important to students
and has many benefits. Nevertheless
, in primary school pupils
must study math and understand the fundamental skills
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