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DD is in CLE 7 this year, looking to CLE 8 next year.  They do allow calculator use on some problems, but still have a lot of work done manually.  Do you start to allow more calculator use than they prefer in these years? Some of the lessons are so long and arduous.....  Should I stay strong and stay the course as written, or allow some more calculator use?

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I allow calculators when long division and multiplication in columns is no longer difficult and labor intensive and strewn with errors, regardless of when the book says to allow it.

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In CLE 7, I barely allowed a calculator.  Of course I did if it said to allow it.  In CLE 8, I allowed it more but only because I was sure that she could do the math if she needed to.  This was more for multi-step word problems and I wanted her to focus on figuring out how to solve the problem.  

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