That sounds insane. We aren’t talking about String Theory or Matrix manipulation - we are talking about 6th grade math. This stuff is either fairly basic Algebra - or multiplying 3 digit numbers and moving a decimal point around.
I fail to see how you can baffle an educated adult, with math presented at the 6th grade level. I just can’t imagine how one could take something so elementry, and make it difficult.
A train leaves New York at 8am going 64 mph towards Omaha, Nebraska. At the same time, a train from Omaha leaves on a parallel set of tracks to New York travelling at 58mph. How many Zebras are seated the 2nd passenger car on the train heading to Omaha?
I will check to see of my granddaughter still has any of the math worksheets from 6th grade, and if so, I’ll give you some examples. I won’t be able to check until Friday, so this will be in-process till then. Ping me if I don’t get back to you by early next week as my schedule is hectic and I don’t recall as well as I use to.