“Hopefully they already know 7x5 = 35.”
Actually they no longer memorize the multiplication table up to 12.
If they don’t ‘get’ it using the SIX STEPS (as opposed to just remembering that 7X5 = 35) then they’re screwed.
Well the whole purpose is to create an innumerate population. Why should one struggle with arithmatic when the government and mass media will do it for you and get it right everytime.
After all, news reports of polls loudly proclaim the dissident 30% as being more significant than the 70% majority opinion. That’s the factoid that sticks with the no-info-math-makes-my brain-hurt crowd.
That’s right, because it doesn’t matter if they get the right answer, all that matters is that they remember the steps.
Insanity!