Calculators can make decimal easy and fractions hard when doing it yourself fractions are much easier it’s an anti-cheat of sorts
Edit: I’m getting a lot of flak for something explicitly stated in a text book, yeah some calculators can but they are less common especially in grade school and it could just be a carry over from time’s when calculators couldn’t, my point is that this isn’t some random theory it’s a real thing real text books have done.
Modern calculators can switch modes between decimal and fractions. It’s pretty irrelevant.
Also, someone may do the problem themselves using any number of means that involve decimals. Or maybe they simply prefer to write in decimal. Either way, the program is simply wrong.
I heavily doubt this is the reason. It would fail so many honest users while catching a few cheaters. And the cheaters could easily avoid getting caught by using the correct mode on a decent calculator.
Without seeing the question…
It’s perfectly normal to require the answer to be given in fractions instead of decimals if the question is given in fractions.
That’s absolutely stupid if you’re talking about a number that can be represented exactly in both notations.
Unless the course or assignment is specifically about fractions.
At least I was thought to use the same format for results as the assignment.
Calculators can make decimal easy and fractions hard when doing it yourself fractions are much easier it’s an anti-cheat of sorts
Edit: I’m getting a lot of flak for something explicitly stated in a text book, yeah some calculators can but they are less common especially in grade school and it could just be a carry over from time’s when calculators couldn’t, my point is that this isn’t some random theory it’s a real thing real text books have done.
Yeah… because you cant just calculate the decimal from fractions with a calculator…
what is normal about that stupid requirement?
i played those stupid games and got my As but fuck do i not miss those online grade math sites
Calculators can make decimal easy and fractions hard when doing it yourself fractions are much easier it’s an anti-cheat of sorts
Modern calculators can switch modes between decimal and fractions. It’s pretty irrelevant.
Also, someone may do the problem themselves using any number of means that involve decimals. Or maybe they simply prefer to write in decimal. Either way, the program is simply wrong.
I heavily doubt this is the reason. It would fail so many honest users while catching a few cheaters. And the cheaters could easily avoid getting caught by using the correct mode on a decent calculator.