Skip to Navigation Skip to Content /block-inner, /block /#pre-header /#header-inner, /#header Politics Environment Culture Photo Essays Blogs Political MoJo Kevin Drum Blue Marble Tom Philpott Mixed Media Subscribe Donate /#primary Script for SUPERFISH /#navbar-inner, /#navbar Search this site: /block-inner, /block Must Reads: A Kid Kills His Abuser | 100 Chilling Attacks on Health Providers | Flying May Be Greener Than Driving .truncate_less /node-inner, /node /block-inner, /block Kevin Drum Previous | Next /block-inner, /block /#content-top → Education /#content-header —By Kevin Drum | Wed Jul. 23, 2014 4:19 PM EDT node header data Tweet Email This is from a New York Times Magazine piece about America's innumeracy problem: One of the most vivid arithmetic failings displayed by Americans occurr...