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>>lewisf+(OP)
Giving a child a four-function calculator would leave them woefully underprepared for the requirements of more advanced math and science classes.

What math class requires a calculator?

I still remember struggling with my Differential Equations class (got a D on the midterm), and my father said "Why is it so hard? You were always so great at arithmetic, just use a calculator!"

At the time, a simple graphing calculator was high end (and out of my price range), nowadays I probably could do most of that homework with an equation solving smart app)

>>Johnny+wD1
Staring with calculus I think, we had problems that basically tested our ability to use a graphing calculator. The classes are designed to use one, and trying to do so without would be very tedious.