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Math Homework Cheating Machine

 Does math and shows its work
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The math homework cheating machine does addition, subtraction, multiplication and long division. Unlike a calculator it shows its work, complete with little numbers written above other numbers and some numbers crossed out to indicate carrying and borrowing, not to mention place-holding zeroes. It then renders the work in realistic handwriting and prints it in the same shade of gray as an HB pencil (erasable ink) on wide-rule three-hole-punched loose-leaf paper. And it writes your name in the upper-right-hand corner.

All you have to do is type in the math problems. Your teacher will never know.

—AO, Feb 20 2004

Not a cheater, but a sudy tool http://math911.com/
[1st2know, Oct 17 2004]

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       You're only cheating yourself. (smiles knowingly at the reference to HB pencils)
—Worldgineer, Feb 20 2004
   

       mathcad?
—theircompetitor, Feb 20 2004
   

       It should make mistakes occasionally, or your teacher will definitely know.
—phundug, Feb 20 2004
   

       Thinking more about the idea, I think it may actually be a useful learning tool. If you're not sure how to solve a problem, you no longer have to wait to ask a teacher. I think I'd use it, even though I'm a professional engineer. Of course it would need to solve integrals.
—Worldgineer, Feb 20 2004
   

       Can I bring it in at test time?   

       Actually, this is too late for me. I already passed my math classes the hard way, dammit. Where were you for those first two calc classes I had to drop?
—k_sra, Feb 20 2004
   

       I was behind you in line at the registrar’s office.
—AO, Feb 20 2004
   

       Oh. You look taller on the 'bakery...
—k_sra, Feb 20 2004
   

       So Worldgineer's an engineer...
—yabba do yabba dabba, Feb 20 2004
   

       Math 911[link] grills the student on canned math problems, and will explain the solution, step-by-step if the student runs in to trouble.   

       [AO] Parents could use your invention to help their offspring with homework [+]
—1st2know, Feb 20 2004
   

       Just to point out that it would need costomizability; I wright my carrying numbers where they go, and then wright over them:
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       986 >> 986 >> 986 >> _986 341 >> 341 >> 341 >> _341 000 >> 007 >> 127 >> 1327
—my-nep, Feb 20 2004
   

       I think that kids try to take too many short cuts the way it is. It is best we take the time and just learn it. If we do not then our kids will grow up without ever learning how to do something simple like balancing a checkbook. Anyway there are some math tools out there that already do this. I experimented with them in some advanced Calculus classes.
—bkornele, Feb 20 2004
   

       True - I refused to use a calculator in school & always read ahead one chapter - result: got highest Math Aptitude Tests/SAT in county, though I only took Algebra & Geometry & couldn't be bothered to arrive on time, if at all - to actual Math classes. (Generally, I'd show up to school at 10:00-10:15, just in time for the break) 1st Teachers on my schedule hated my guts.
—thumbwax, Feb 20 2004
   

       <erects small shrine to [thumbwax]' math prowess right next to small shrine to own mother's math prowess.>
—k_sra, Feb 20 2004
   

       where can i get this machine? i think it would even be very helpfull
—leashonafreak101, Mar 10 2005
   

       i need to cheat
—jordan1234, Apr 05 2006
   

       How the f**k do i start cheating????!!!!
—jordan1234, Apr 05 2006
   

       Beware of angry people.   

       [jordan1234] This doesn't exist yet, it's just an idea.
—DesertFox, Apr 05 2006
   

       I always found showing my work to be the most tedious thing about math, and way harder than solving the problem itself. +
—bobofthefuture, Apr 07 2006
   

       Attempted sign-ups for the website that implements this since jordan1234: 19 [last: Oct 21 2009]   

       [This may appear like a low number, but it must be a small percentage compared to the frustrated visitors who at some point figure out that this is a suggestion rather than an invitation.]
—jutta, Jan 31 2007
   

       I've never seen this idea before - I need this machine.   

       [AO]: Where can I get one? Can it do differential equations? Integration by parts? Guassian elimination (I **always** make a stupid mistake when doing that) ?
—Jinbish, Jan 31 2007
   


 

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