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[Poll #311278]

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[gerald_duck]

Even at GCSE level, there's a lot of logic, geometry, algebra, basic engineering/mechanics/dynamics/physics/applied Maths, and so on.

And people are allowed to use calculators in exams, aren't they? While this may help people who are naturally bad at arithemtic do better, it probably also means people apply themselves less to developing at least a basic facility with numbers. I feel it's very important people be able to tell when an answer is absurdly wrong, e.g. if someone keyed £3.99 instead of £399.