Originally Posted by DAD22
I wonder if the type of person who studies math beyond the calculus level would be able to answer algebra problems even if they had been cut off from schooling after arithmetic. You need not follow a particular approach in order to solve algebra problems, if you have an intuition for numbers.


My ds6 intuitively starting doing very basic algebraic equations around 4 years old. We never once discussed with him any of this...he just started doing it on his own. In fact, his favorite thing to do in math is to find multiple avenues to a solution. That was actually one of inklings that he was going to be a "mathy" kid.