His mom smiled. “Remember Level C? When you cried over carrying numbers in multiplication?”
Leo stared at the stack of Kumon Level E worksheets. The title at the top read: “Fractions: Multiplication and Division.” His stomach felt like a washing machine.
His mom glanced over. “What’s the problem?”
Three months later, Leo finished the last worksheet of Level E. The final problem was ( \frac{5}{8} \div \frac{3}{4} ). He solved it in nine seconds.
“You don’t have to be good at it today,” he said. “You just have to start.”
