> Any math higher level than arithmetic doesn't actually require doing arithmetic. That's not really true. If you're doing calculus, solving some integral, yo

> Any math higher level than arithmetic doesn't actually require doing arithmetic. That's not really true. If you're doing calculus, solving some integral, you end up doing a bunch of addition and multiplication along the way. That's not the part you're trying to learn, which is my point—by having your arithmetic down pat, you can focus on the important things, rather then having to think about the low level details at all.