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[–] 15 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Physical calculators for actual math (like used in schools) haven't done that in a few decades. Even in the 90s.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    The old calculator I just found in the desk, a canon HS-1000TG, does do the operations as you enter them.

    Entering 3+3x2= returns 12

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  • [+] -12 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    So that be correct answer, I mean if I were to do math in my head or on paper. Yet my calculator on the phone answered 9. What the fuck?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Math conventions say to do multiplication before addition. Writing it as "3+3*2" invites the error you made when you read left to write. There are clearer ways to write it (eg (2*3) + 3, but some people get kind of aggro about that.

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