There's no reason that the four basic operations cannot be learned by any normal child by the end of second grade. Multiplication is repeated addition, and division can be taught in a number of easy to learn ways, including as repeated subtraction. Singapore Math seems to be at least a year ahead of the scope and sequence of most U.S. curriculums when compared by grade level, but it doesn't have to be that way.

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