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title: "Why do we require so little math knowledge in our elementary teachers?"  
description: "Why do we require so little math knowledge in our elementary teachers?"  
author: "nitya singh"  
published: 2018-03-07  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37182/why-do-we-require-so-little-math-knowledge-in-our-elementary-teachers  
category: "math"  
tags: ["mathematical analysis"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why do we require so little math knowledge in our elementary teachers?

Why do we require so little [math](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23293/5-great-marketing-jobs-for-math-geeks) [knowledge](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37996/national-knowledge-commission-was-constituted-on) in our elementary [teachers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37571/should-students-be-able-to-grade-their-teachers)?

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