Calculators, spreadsheets, and computer algebra systems can provide ways for students to become better acquainted with these new number systems and their notation

Calculators, spreadsheets, and computer algebra systems can provide ways for students to become better acquainted with these new number systems and their notation. They can be used to generate data for numerical experiments, to help understand the workings of matrix, vector, and complex number algebra, and to experiment with non-integer exponents.