Originally Posted by ColinsMum
How interesting... Maybe there actually is something hard about algebra, then!

I think it's related to her imbalance between verbal/conceptual intelligence vs. visuo-spatial skills. She struggles to do even a 6 or 9 piece puzzle, she's stuck on the cusp of reading because she doesn't recognize words she's sounded out many times or moments ago, and she hates number lines. I think she just doesn't have any way to visualize finding the distance between 3 and 9.