I agree in principle, but I must stress that conceptual understanding of what the problem or functional area of math is and how you perform the task to solve an

I agree in principle, but I must stress that conceptual understanding of what the problem or functional area of math is and how you perform the task to solve and know that you are solving it correctly should be understood. Simply being shown it once on a whiteboard or in a book isn’t working for the majority of humans. Then yes. Practice, practice