>1. I'd say "basic math" is a fairly complex beast. The difference being that children in elementary school are taught how to do math, not how or why math works.
Same thing happens with 99% of "easy" stuff.
E.g if you find cooking easy, it's because a cook only learns how to _do_ cooking, not how or why it works (which would involve chemistry, physics, physiology, math, biology and other stuff).
Same thing happens with 99% of "easy" stuff.
E.g if you find cooking easy, it's because a cook only learns how to _do_ cooking, not how or why it works (which would involve chemistry, physics, physiology, math, biology and other stuff).