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Originally Posted by The Girl From Ipanema
I dont really see how a grade 6 child could do that brain strainer because children don't grasp abstract thinking until they are at LEAST 12 years old and often older...they don't even begin to learn algebra til at least grade 7....so no wonder you're having a rough time with it.....
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Algebra isn't abstract at all. In fact, Mathematics is probably the least "abstract" subject there is.
There's no reason why an educated 6th grader shouldn't be able to multiply $4 x 3, and then multiply that answer by 3 again.