multiplying a multi-digit number by itself several times (finding the power of a number)
finding a square root
statistical calculations
Step-by-step explanation:
We don't know what your introduction tells you, but the above-listed operations are ones I choose to use a calculator for. I also use a calculator for ordinary arithmetic, such as division by numbers with 2 digits or more. (It is simply faster and requires no scratch paper.)
If statistical calculations are not done with a calculator, they at least require the availability of suitable tables.
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All of these operations can be done by hand without a calculator, and were in times passed. Lifetimes of effort were involved in generating some of the original math tables for statistics, trig, logarithms, and other functions readily evaluated using a modern calculator.
A) There was no change in the number of students on honor roll from one year to the next. This is noticeable because 200/1000 = .2 just as 20%/100% = .2 or 20/100 = .2. So there never was a change!