Can you live without your calculator?

As Lambie mentioned, I do a lot of math in my head because I don't carry a calculator out with me shopping or running around. When I was working we had a calculator down by the cash register but if I was far away, I would do the math in my head for the customer. I really basically only use it to keep track of money in my checkbook or when I'm checking someone else's math.

Haha! I can still say I can live without this device. I can still use my hands as long as I will not be dealing with large numbers. Funny! haha

Depends on how much time I have :-) Double digit multiplication, subtraction and adding usually works fine without a calculator, for division it depends on the numbers. I'm fairly good at bigger numbers but I plan to start practicing. I want my students to do it too, 'cause it is much faster than using a calculater in many cases.

I am not good in Math. But I can manage with simple problems without having to use a calculator. But there are days when I feel lazy so I rely on the calculator. But of course, I know by heart the multiplication table!

I used to live and breathe with my calculator. Those were the junior days as an auditor. Now, I'm very happy I'm free of it!hahaha! The only calcu I am carrying is the one in my phone; which I use to convert currencies. hahaha!!

No i cant. I hate math, like if i have 99 problems and like 300 of them are math, .

Am not that good with numbers. Though I don't use the calculator much. I always have with me the pen and paper. Can I live without the calculator? Yes, I can. I don't do a lot of calculations in my line of work.

I'm not a student anymore so I don't need the calculator that often. Besides, I always have my phone with me so I can still do basic computations, you know, without using something like "pi". Before, I always make it a point to check if I have my calculator in my bag. If not, I experience mini-heart attacks.

I don't use a calculator daily, i use it when i have to calculate a very complicated calculation only. i still prefer to calculate in mind, it is the way to practice my brain, hihih

I would say I could live without it, because I still know how to do the mathematic calculations I need for my everyday life (I'm not in the field of maths or physics), but it would be a lot harder and it would take a lot of time. But I could do it on a paper with a pen.

Might be the wrong question to ask unless you did not meant it literally. If it's about academic purposes then it is essential to have a calculator specially when you are taking an exam with limited time.

I still know my tables by memory and I can very well do mathematical calculations without a calculator. But since my work is involved with lots of numbers (money figures), a calculator is essential. Of course there is the spreadsheet to do the calculations but an adding machine or a calculator will be very helpful in double checking or balancing reports and statements.

i think not as i am one of slow computing and sometimes need a calculator for computing some numbers

Short cut calculations on larger numbers are doable by using the nearest 5's and 10's digits...then just add and or subtract remainders...I remember doing this when I was younger. Sadly, I can't anymore do that now because it gives additional stress to my already stressful 'logistics' work :) so the answer is an ergonomic location of the calculator! haha!

Infatismally....on and on! I have a wonderful calculator (all bells and whispers) sitting in my hall closet, garnering loads of dust. My old brain needs to keep up it's mental gymnastics..so I exercise it with calculations for all my business billings. Sadly, the higher ups..like accountants require at "tape" printed by a calculator...when doing your taxes or business year end! When I owned the Marina, I was a whiz on the old calculator...way faster than I type..now, not so much! I like the challenge..especially when I shop...just to see how close I come to the eventual total! Small things amuse small minds...LOL!

Yes, if I'm not at work. I'm so bad in Math. And I have a business so I really need it. Maybe I can survive without it but calculator lessens my time and stress with numbers.

I can live without calculators for simple problems like addition and subtraction. But calculators - scientific calculators, particularly - are of big help when it comes to solving for more complex math problems, like trigonometric functions.