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AbsoluteDenial posted...

You guys think this would be hard for a 6-year-old? In addition to what the problem states, they'd only need to understand that if you add anything to 1 bottle, the same needs to be added to each of the other 2, or simply that adding to 1 bottle is adding 3 times as much to the total (yes, 6-year-olds can learn multiplication). Going that route, the picture provided makes it even easier to solve.

I don't know many or any 6 year olds that know multiplication, much less within an algebra problem. My 10 year old niece that just graduated elementary would be hopelessly confused. Just explaining that paragraph you wrote to her would make her head spin.