Schools in Muscogee County don't allow the kids to use them. They have to know how to do the math. I know from personal experience, I've mis-filed (I know it's up there somewhere) how to do the math. I'm a financial person - the calculator is part of me. My hubbie is a general contractor - the stuff he adds in his head. Happy Family Hunting, kemis massey [email protected] Researching: for hubbie: MASSEY, BROOKS, FOUNTAIN, SMITH for me: SONGER, CAMP, EVANS, ROSAMOND, IV(E)Y, MAYS Sobby Genealogy http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sobbygenealogy/ for preservation: CLAPP Cemetery, Community, Factory, and Families - Muscogee County for GAGen Web Project: any info (county, family, history, industry) on: Chattahoochee County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gachatta/index.htm Clayton County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclayt2/index.htm Muscogee County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamuscog/ for AHPG Project: any info (county, family, history, industry) on: Clayton County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclayto/ ----------------------------------------------------------- From: John When in graduate school, I was amazed when the instructor said we no longer had to teach the math tables. Every kid has a pocket calculator now. But I love math! It has a discipline all its own. John ----------------------------------------------------------- Betty lovell <[email protected]> wrote: The calculator did away with adding and subtraction. It's not in the gray matter. Betty