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What is the very first type of calculations we have ever used in history?
It was our very own fingers and many examples include the chinese finger technique.
Who made the tooth rotating wheel calculator, which was meant to add and subtract (did not sell very well)?
Schickard was the inventor of the tooth rotating wheel calculator.
Which calculation device was used to calculate the date and the time back then about 2000 years ago?
The Antikythera Mechanism was the famous device that was used for that.
What are some methods that were used to solve basic problems back then?
Some include the Slide Rule, Pascaline's Calculator, the Abacus, and the Olvetti Programma 101.
When was the first handheld calculator invented around what time?
It was first made around the 1960's.
What types of equations can the Napier's Bones calculator do?
This type of calculator could multiply, add, divide, and subtract which was impressive at the time.
What are some of the modern calculators that you use today in this world?
Cell phones, laptops, computers, texas instrument, casio, and sharp as well.
What was Leonardo da Vinci's design primarily based off of?
It is supposed to be based off of living organism that he was studying at the time.
What is the name of one of the oldest calculators ever in this world (was made in Asia Minor at the time)?
This incredible instrument was known as the abacus.
List some examples of how calculators have become involved in our computer now and back then.
They were used in the, arguably, first computer made by the British. This was the Analytic Engine and calculators have also been in our laptops and computers as well.