Can You Count on Your Computer?.

Peterson, Ivars

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ERIC Number: EJ266239

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Publication Date: 1982-Jul-3

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Can You Count on Your Computer?

Peterson, Ivars

Science News, v122 n5 p72-75 Jul 31 1982

By handling numbers in unexpected ways, computers and calculators create headaches for computer programers and set traps for unsuspecting users by sometimes producing wrong answers. Specific examples of such computer/calculator errors are discussed. (Author/JN)

Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Programs, Computers, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Microcomputers, Secondary Education

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Language: English

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