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[quote=Anonymous]It requires a deeper understanding of math than what’s asked for in school. They teach the how and they why. Then you have to apply the how and they why to problems that you haven’t seen before and don’t have a template for solving. My kid started with Beast 3 and has completed Algebra 1. I can’t do 50% of the problems. He can show me how he can dissect shapes and put them back together to solve a problem. That Algebra isn’t just solving for x. There were times when he would get frustrated and he just needed to move beyond the concept but then if he came back to it in a few weeks suddenly he understood it. My daughter didn’t start with Beast and she had a very hard time with AoPS algebra. It was so far above anything she had seen in school. My son found it easier because he had the foundation that she didn’t. My daughter got through it but she had to ask her brother for help.[/quote]
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