I'm not in the US but it seems to me the first term was statistical data collection and display plus really basic maths facts. I am starting to get the impression that we have to teach them multiplication tables at home. It seems to be forbidden to teach any algorithms so they are also learning multiple ways to solve everything. The odd thing is I was taught almost entirely by algorithm and I still somehow squires the short cuts. It does seem odd that all maths apparently must be done mentally (I could be wrong about this though).
