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[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

I live in Australia and don't recall my school at all teaching me this in maths class

They taught us stuff like radius and area of a circle but not this

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Also counterpoint, people exist that live in other countries and every countries education system is different

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

I thought math was relatively universal. The US education system may be different, but I'm certain we're not the only place that does it that way.

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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago

I thought math was relatively universal

It is

The US education system may be different

They have the same rules, but they don't require Maths teachers to have a Maths qualification (in Australia you have to have a Masters), and they have been sliding in world rankings for more than a decade.

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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago

I live in Australia and don’t recall my school at all teaching me this in maths class

I'm in Australia, and I remember being taught it, and I teach it.

people exist that live in other countries and every countries education system is different

The rules are the same everywhere, only the notation varies (in Germany they use . for multiply and : for divide, and say "dot before slash", slash being - and +).

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