10. It’s Use in education
In most countries, students use calculators for schoolwork.
There was some initial resistance to the idea out of fear
that basic arithmetic skills would suffer.
There remains disagreement about the importance of the
ability to perform calculations "in the head", with some
curricula restricting calculator use until a certain level of
proficiency has been obtained, while others concentrate
more on teaching estimation techniques and problem-
solving.
Research suggests that inadequate guidance in the use of
calculating tools can restrict the kind of mathematical
thinking that students engage in.
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12. The abacus also
called a counting
frame, is a
calculating tool
used primarily in
parts of Asia for
performing arithmet
ic processes.
the Sumerian, Ancie
nt
Egypt, Persians, Gre
ek
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14. n Japanese, the
abacus is
called soroban impor
ted from China
around 1600.
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Native American
“Inca quipu”
15. Abacus
The first calculator
Today it is still debated whether the
Babylonians or the Chinese invented it.
Used before written numeral system
invented.
Constructed from a wooden frame with
beads sliding on wires.
Still used by some merchants, fishermen
and clerks in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere.
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16. c1600 - Napier's
bones
An abacus created
by John Napier for
calculation.
Invented in 1614.
Used for multiplication and division.
"Napier's bones" invented by John Napier
for multiplication, based on the ancient
numerical scheme known as the Arabian
lattice.
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17. 1622 - Slide rule.
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William Gunter developed a logarithmic rule for
multiplication and division using dividers, which
was the forerunner of the slide rule.
Invented in 1622 by William Oughtred.
Allows multiplication and division operations to be
carried out significantly faster.
People who sent the space shuttle Apollo to the
moon used the
slide rule for
their calculations
which was in
1961.
18. 1623 Calculating Clock
Invented in 1623 by
Wihelm Schickard.
Known as the first
mechanical calculator.
The calculator was
made from cogs and
gears which were
normally used for clocks.
It was the size of a typewriter.
It could add, subtract, multiply, and divide to up
to six-digit numbers.
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19. 1642 - the Pascaline
o Capable of addition,
subtraction was performed
by nines-complement
addition, and multiplication
was performed by repeated
additions and subtractions.
Invented by Blaise Pascal
Pascal invented it to reduce his father’s tax work
load.
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20. 1820 - Arithmometer
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Inventor: Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar
The arithmometer was the first commercially successful
calculating machine to complete all four basic operations —
addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division — according to IBM.
Like Hahn, Thomas also based his calculator on the stepped
drum mechanism of Leibniz.
The machine featured a second
result display for subtraction and
division as well as a multiplication
gear.20
21. W.T. Odhner in Sweden independently develops
the pin-wheel calculator, the first of the long
series of Odhner calculators. Since then, many
calculating machines have used the same
principle.
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1874 - Odhner calculators
22. Dorr E. Felt invents
The Comptometer,
the first succesfull
key-driven adding and
calculating machine. In 1886 he joined with
Robert Tarrant to form the Felt & Tarrant
Manufacturing Company which went on to
make thousands of Comptometers
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1884 - Comptometer
23. 1900-1975
Madas 20BZS
Madas 20BZS, a
typical electrically
driven, stepped-
gear calculator with
automatic
multiplication and
division.
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24. 1948 - Curta
Curta miniature hand-
held mechanical
calculator introduced.
One of the few major
innovations in
mechanical calculators
in the mid 20th century.
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25. 1961
The first electronic
desktop calculators. They
use vacuum tubes.
The world's first
electronic desktop
calculators were
announced by the Bell
Punch
Co., Uxbridge, England -
theAnita Mk VII for the
continental European
market and theAnita Mk
8 for other markets.
These models used cold-
cathode vacuum tubes
and numerical display
("Nixie" type) tubes. July 28, 201325
26. 1963-1964
First commercial all-
transistor desktop
calculators: Friden
EC130 & EC132,
Mathatron, IME 84,
Sharp CS10A.
Prices comparable to
that of family cars.
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27. 1969
First battery powered, hand-
held, electronic calculator.
First calculator using just LSI
(Large Scale Integration)
chips - Sharp QT-8D, with
ICs by Rockwell. Size &
weight much
reduced, calculator now
portable.
First battery powered, hand-
held calculator - Sharp QT-
8B.
Green fluorescent tube
displays introduced .
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28. 1970
Hand-held calculators take off.
First shirt pocket sized electronic calculator.
All very expensive.
Some of the first hand-held calculators:
Canon Pocketronic,
Sanyo ICC-0081 ,
Sharp EL-8, but very expensive.
First use of "calculator on a chip" introduced by Mostek
of Dallas - used in Busicom Junior(desk calculator) and
allows the production of the first shirt pocket sized
electronic calculator, the Busicom LE-120A.
First use of LED (Light Emitting Diode) displays used
in Busicom LE-120A. July 28, 201328
30. 1971
First calculator to
use a
microprocessor.
First
microprocessor -
Intel 4004 - was
designed for and
used in Busicom
141-PF desk
calculator
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31. 1972
Rapid development of electronic calculators, and reduction in
price.
First scientific pocket calculator introduced - Hewlet-Packard
HP35.
Ultra-thin Sinclair Executive launched.
Many new companies entering the calculator business and prices
dropping rapidly.
LCD (Liquid Crystal Device) displays appear briefly in a version
giving silver-reflective numbers, including:
Lloyds Accumatic 100,
Rapidman 1208LC.
The Sharp EL-801 sees the first use of C-MOS (Complementary
Metal-oxide Semiconductor) integrated circuits in a calculator.July 28, 201331
33. 1973
First Sharp "COS"
(Crystal on Substrate)
reflective LCD
calculators, including E
L-805S
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34. 1974
Texas Instruments awarded
patent for "miniature
electronic calculator", based
on the "CalTech".
The Hewlett Packard HP65 is
the first hand-held
programmable calculator.
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35. 1978
First solar-powered and
first credit card sized
calculators.
The first solar powered
calculators were
introduced, the Royal
Solar 1, Teal Photon, and
Sharp EL-8028.
The Casio Mini Card LC-
78 is the first credit card
sized calculator. July 28, 201335
36. 1980
First hand-held
computer
The Sharp PC1211 /
Tandy TRS80 PC-1 is
the first hand-held
computer; it has a
QWERTY keypad and
runs the BASIC
language.
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37. 1985: First Graphing
Calculator
Device Name: Casio fx-7000G
Inventor: Casio
A Brief History: The Casio
fx-7000G was developed with
422 bytes of memory and could
store up to ten programs in 10
program slots, according to the
Computing History website. It offered 82 scientific
functions, and its display could toggle between 8 lines of 16
characters each or a 64x96 dot matrix graphical display.
Interesting Fact: Today’s graphing calculators like the TI-
83 kept the fx-7000G’s display format. July 28, 201337
38. 2003: First Graphing Calculator with Touch
Functionality
Photo Credit: Gumtree
Device Name: Sharp EL-9650
Inventor: Sharp
A Brief History: When most
people think of touch devices, they
think of using their fingers, but Sharp broke the mold by
debuting the first stylus-based graphing calculator, according
to Tech Powered Math. Sharp, unfortunately, didn’t find much
success with the model.
Interesting Fact: The EL-9650 had a slideshow
functionality that allowed teachers to walk through pre-
programmed lessons and formulas on the calculator.
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39. 2010: First Color Graphing Calculator
Device Name: Casio PRIZM
Inventor: Casio
A Brief History: While the world
of mobile devices quickly moved to
full-color screens in the early 2000s,
it took a while for graphing calculators
to catch up. Casio’s PRIZM calculator,
with its advanced, 216x384 resolution,
full-color display, debuted in late 2010.
Texas Instruments soon followed with its own color
calculator, the TI-NSpire Cx, in early 2011. Students could finally
bid good-bye to the monochrome, low-pixel displays of years past.
Interesting Fact: The PRIZM allows students to create graphs
over images, which helps them understand the real-world
applications of the work they’re doing on their graphing
calculators. July 28, 201339