"George M. Middius" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
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>> > I don't believe US ninth graders don't learn such basics. It's primary
>> > school stuff.
>>
>> Maybe it is now but I never learned it. We did adding, subtracting,
>> multiplying, dividing and some algebra in Junior High.
>
> Home ec can be engrossing for mathophobes.

The only math we learned in Home Ec was how to scale a recipe up or down.