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Not sure about other states but here in SC, high schoolers need Algebra to graduate and most universities are requiring Calculus for a degree, no matter the major. Even with all that, math is hard for most. That is all because most textbooks in elementary school readily admit in the note to teacher that calculators should be on hand for the students from the very beginning. Memorizing addition and multiplication is a thing of the past in a lot of schools.