No matter what 2 plus 2 still equals........(cypher, cypher calculate , carry a 7?, no, other hand,) rounded off to nearest...4.001!!!!
But WHY????
And can we go over WHY 2+3=5
And why both 2+2 and 2x2 = 4???
Distractions. Either they get it or they don’t. If they have to “deduce and get comfortable with” the answers to the basic times tables (0-12), they will never move on to more complicated equations and formula.
There are absolute truths and then there are theocries and matters of opinion. Notice the classrooms are not so open to “alternative thinking” when it comes to the myth of man-made global warming.