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Practice is important. People definitely learn this level of math, but not using it for years dulls the senses. On top of that, lots of people scrape through school doing the bare minimum. (Not always their fault of course. Not everyone has ample opportunity to excel in school due to a variety of things.) From what I hear, the bar for graduating high school is not incredibly high, so people like this don’t surprise me.
Knowing basic math (and sometimes a bit more) is quite useful in life. I am currently having a beef with my bank who tried to cheat me out of a larger sum. But I know the correct methods and the correct rates, and, of course, the contract. And obviously, it really pisses them off that someone even does the calculations...