My 3rd grade grandson cannot do multiplication, I’m teaching him the multiplication table memorization on zoom calls once his mom and he told me this isn’t taught in his school! He’s also struggle with division – not a surprise! until he learns his multiplication table, division doesn’t make sense, then, algebra will be a struggle.
Our schools are failing our kids with this “Kooky math” they are teaching. They will figure this out in a few years when all our kids cannot figure out algebra; just like they are now figuring out kids can’t read so they are going back to teaching “Phonics” – wait a minute, isn’t that how I learned to read back in the 1960’s?