Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Originally Posted by bearisgray
What is the difference between mathematics and arithmetic?
And then there are the people that think they don't need to know any of this because they can use a calculator.
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52282.html
I appreciate my math lessons many times when I don't have a calculator. Example, there have been many occasions when I end up doing a quick (or not so quick teehehe) calculation in the grocery store to determine which size is the better deal. I see other people grab the larger cans even though the smaller ones are a better buy.
If I was going to compare it to reading then -
arithmetic is to mathematics what phonics is to literature