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Calculators, computers, and a number of other technologicalinnovations are important tools for doing mathematics. How wellteachers use the tools greatly affects how well student learnmathematics. Calculators, and computers were invented to save timeand allow us to solve more challenging problems. The ability totranslate data from one form of representation to another, such asnumbers and symbols to graphs and tables, or from graphs to tablesis more important than ever ( Seeley, C. 2019). But, on the otherhand, technology have made some mathematics less important. Thissubject has become very controversial because some fear thatstudents will not learn how to add, subtract, multiply, and dividementally with pencil and paper. The most important way in whichtechnology affects the mathematics curriculum is that it makes somemathematics possible for the first time. By using technology,students at all levels can tackle real problems that might arisefrom planning a field trip or from a news story, even if thenumbers involved might make the problem difficult with only apencil and paper. Graphing calculators allow students to see theconnection between visual representation and symbolic ones. Theschool should provide appropriate access to technology and itshould not be left to the students.

Many of the arguments issued for educational technologies arebased on anecdotes not scientific data. To counter these argumentsresearch from decades of learning ,research, laboratory andsometimes classrooms will show how students process, store andretrieve information. The misuse of technology in class rooms cancreate distraction. When students have the freedom to usecellphones in class, they perform a grade lower than if they didnot use it. Evidence shows that student perform better on test thanwhen they take notes on paper rather than a lab top. Studies showthat multimedia learning greatly increases student's retention ofcourse material.

When it comes to understanding the role money play in everydaysociety the present value is the concept that states an amount ofmoney today is worth more than that same amount in the future. So,money received in the future is not worth as much as an equalamount received today. Money not spent today could be expected tolose value in the future by some implied annual rate, which couldbe inflation or the rate of return if the money was invested.