Yes, he really dislikes the step by step instruction. What is that? He also will do anything he can to not use paper and pencil. He will sit until he can figure it out in his head. He loved some of the Murderous Math books we could get at the Library, so I'm hoping Life of Fred will help bring his enjoyment level back. When he's not so burned out with me, I'll try the Zaccaro book. We have Primary Challenge but I think most of it was done. Does Real World Algebra need much pre-algebra experience?