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Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a computer.

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Albany
New York
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Arithmetic

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