How Technology has made it easier and more efficient to do Math

The thought of doing math can be scary to some people. Yet, it has become one of the easiest subjects in modern times, ...

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The thought of doing math can be scary to some people. Yet, it has become one of the easiest subjects in modern times, thanks to technology! The technological boom has created intricate changes in the world. These changes can be seen transforming the world of education.

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The gist of tech-backed math learning is the online calculators. These are not your average electronic calculators. These are task-specific problem solvers that deal with a specific problem, unlike the traditional calculator. 

This has made things easier especially for students who need to carry their calculators with them. Now they can do this on their devices easily without an electronic calculator. Let\'s discuss the case of the Pythagorean theorem and area of a sector as examples here.

What is Pythagorean Theorem?

Pythagorean Theorem is also known as Pythagoras\'s theorem. It is defined as the area of the square whose two sides are equal to the opposite sides and the opposite sides are equal to the other two sides. The opposite side is also known as hypotenuse which means the side which is opposite to the right angle\'s side. 

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The theorem may also be written as an equation known as the Pythagorean equation. This can be written only when you know the length of the sides (a, b, and c). This can be written in the following context:

a2 + b2 = c2

Here,

  • C is the side that is the longest
  • A and B are the other sides that are opposite to the longest side. 

However, if you find geometry to be time-consuming and you’re on a schedule due to exams, you could simply use a direct online Pythagorean calculator, add the values of the two sides and find out the answer for the value in question for your preparation. 

Most of these online calculators are free to use and you don’t have to find out values in your head, just save your time, it\'s the concepts that matter, leave the calculations to the calculators if you know how to do them but don’t want to waste time. 

However, if you find it difficult to calculate things in your head, it is strongly suggested that you practice math in your head to improve your mental computations. 

What Is the Area of a Sector?

The area of a sector is the number of square units it takes to stuff the sector of a circle. You can say that the area of the sector is proportional to the central angle. The area of a sector has different parts. Part one is an arc and part two is called radii. 

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There is a part in the sector that is confined with an arc. They are bonded together by radii that are between them. The area of the sector depends on the central angle. If the central angle is bigger, then the area of the sector will also be bigger and vice versa.

If you happen to know the formula for sector area and know how to manipulate it then it\'s a no-brainer to solve the problem. However, it would take around 3-5 minutes for you to solve it, that’s 3-5 minutes gone, never to return. 

On the other hand, you could have simply used an online sector area calculator, you could have just put in the values and gotten your answer in seconds. What would it do, it would save your time from doing a redundant task.

The 3-5 minutes that could have been wasted in doing something you already know how to do, could have been used to learn something you didn’t know how to do. See the point here? It\'s about maximizing efficiency and output. 

Facilitations that calculators have provided:

Traditionally, students couldn’t learn Math without teachers and had to solve mathematical problems in their heads. This made learning slow and inefficient until the invention of the electronic calculator. Learning sped up due to increased efficiency. 

However, there was only so much a physical calculator could do. beyond general arithmetic operations, there wasn’t much to it. Therefore, students had to do advanced calculations by themselves, breaking them piece by piece and reducing them to basics until calculation could be performed by their basic gadget. 

This brought us back to the same problem, that of inefficiency, that is until dedicated task-specific calculators made their way on the internet. And so, since its inception, education is once again on its way to progress and efficiency. 

E-learning and online calculators are making their presence felt. These online forums not only provide students with theoretical aspects in math but also provide them with the tools necessary to save time-solving a problem.

Now you can simply use these online gizmos to find out correct answers. There are multiple types of calculators that are there in the online world, from simple to complex, all ready to serve Math students.

There you\'ll know about the important aspects of how calculators have made math easy.

  • They have made it easy for students to focus on more important mathematical aspects by taking care of the rather mundane calculations. 
  • These tools have increased efficiency and output.
  • It has become super easy to do complex multiplications.
  • It has made it easier to do multifaceted problem-solving.
Conclusion:

There we have known about the facts that how online calculators make it easy to learn and practice concepts like Pythagoras theorem and sector area.  Things have become easy and handy due to technology. Calculators have made math easy to learn and perform. 

Even as stats suggest that e-learning is experiencing a boom yet still it’s a long way off from its true potential. Online tools for education are essentially forced multipliers to E-learning that students need to take advantage of to increase efficiency and output while saving a huge amount of time that they can devote to the primary aspects of education.

The point of this article is to make students aware of these online tools and educational websites so they can augment their learning capacities, increase efficiency and focus on the more important aspects of education.

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