Are foreigners generally poor at math? Why don't many people even know the multiplication formula?

In mathematics, British private primary schools pay attention to practicality rather than a numerical answer. For example, students investigate the prices of similar products in supermarkets and learn how to compare prices and choices. The scope of study is very wide. If domestic mathematics learning is specialized, Britain is broad first, then shallow, and deepened year by year. So the British

The way of teaching mathematics in Britain is different from that in China, and even the knowledge points are different. For example, mirror symmetry is taught in math class in Britain, but this knowledge point is not taught in China. Of course, there are also some knowledge points that need to be studied in China, but they don't need to be studied in Britain.

The English primary school mathematics syllabus plays a guiding role in the primary school mathematics curriculum, and its learning contents can be summarized into the following categories: number and calculation, basic knowledge of geometry, measurement, statistics, algebra (grade six). Every student will learn these kinds of mathematics knowledge every year, and the difficulty will gradually increase with the increase of grade. For example, the addition and subtraction and calculation of numbers require first-year students (5-6 years old) to master addition and subtraction within 20, second-year students (6-7 years old) to master addition and subtraction within 1000, and third-year students (7-8 years old) to master addition and subtraction within1000.

Compared with Chinese mainland's mathematics syllabus, the biggest feature of the British syllabus is its wide range of knowledge, but its difficulty is relatively low. Since the first grade, the concepts of multiplication, division and fraction have been introduced in the calculation of numbers and sums. In measurement, students should learn to measure capacity, temperature and time besides length. In statistics, students should learn how to process and analyze data with charts. By the sixth grade, students began to get in touch with the basic knowledge of algebra.

Another feature of the British syllabus is to prevent students from memorizing formulas and using mechanized operation methods prematurely, and to encourage students to understand mathematical operations. Take the multiplication formula as an example. In Chinese mainland, sophomores are required to recite multiplication formulas. However, in Britain, sophomores only need to recite the multiplication formula of 25 10, juniors need to recite the multiplication formula of 348, and seniors only need to recite the remaining multiplication formula of 679 12.

So back to the original question, the British can multiply formulas, but for the British, they pay more attention to understanding how to calculate.