Math is easy to forget because it often goes unused for years. Pre-algebra was likely taught to these people early, maybe at the age of 11 or 12. It isn't cra

Math is easy to forget because it often goes unused for years. Pre-algebra was likely taught to these people early, maybe at the age of 11 or 12. It isn't crazy to think they largely forgot about this six years on. Of course, it doesn't help that mathematics is treated as second-class in standardized testing. You can hand-wave away a low math score as long as you're avoiding a technical major, unlike, say English (assuming America here). I will admit to having to re-learn how logarithms work nearly every time I use them. And each time, it's pretty obvious based on the websites I see with instructions that logs are taught to like sixth graders.