Basic math no, but math programs advanced to focus on fractions over decimal calculations right around the time students started carrying calculators in their watches.
I see that we are making things up now, aren’t we.
Besides, what does “focus on fractions over decimal calculations” even mean? Fractions and decimals are inextricably linked. Even more, there are calculations that can be expressed more precisely as fractions than with decimals, and there are those that can be expressed as decimals but not as fractions.
So? Calculators have been better at math than students for the longest time, do we delete basic math from the curriculum too?
Basic math no, but math programs advanced to focus on fractions over decimal calculations right around the time students started carrying calculators in their watches.
I see that we are making things up now, aren’t we.
Besides, what does “focus on fractions over decimal calculations” even mean? Fractions and decimals are inextricably linked. Even more, there are calculations that can be expressed more precisely as fractions than with decimals, and there are those that can be expressed as decimals but not as fractions.