To my knowledge, even before HP-48 level calculators came in the classroom nobody cared about arithmetic past middle school. The core of the teaching was proofs and a lot more theory, and that went on into CS for me.
I'd compare it to the ability to write and run basic assembly. We did it, and got checked on it, but that was not what we were there for.
I'd compare it to the ability to write and run basic assembly. We did it, and got checked on it, but that was not what we were there for.