Hidalgo, eight, is very good at addition and subtraction, but he has a hard time understanding the complex algebraic problems that his 14-year-old sister does. Hidalgo is currently in which of Jean Piaget's stages of development?
A) preoperational
B) concrete operational
C) formal operational
D) conceptual operational

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Hidalgo's age of eight suggests that he is in Piaget's concrete operational stage, which typically occurs between the ages of seven and eleven. Children in this stage are able to think logically about concrete objects, but may still struggle with abstract concepts or hypothetical situations like those found in algebra.

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