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The UK government says calculators will be banned in maths tests for 11-year-olds in England from 2014

Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss said pupils should only use them once they were confident in basic mathematical skills.
The move follows a government review of calculator use in primary schools.
Teaching unions responded that fluent use of calculators was essential, with the NUT’s Christine Blower calling the ban “a retrograde step”.
Ms Truss said an over-reliance on calculators meant children missed the rigorous grounding in mental and written arithmetic they needed to progress.
“All young children should be confident with methods of addition, subtraction, times tables and division before they pick up the calculator to work out more complex sums,” she said.
“By banning calculators in the maths test, we will reduce the dependency on them in the classroom for the most basic sums.”