> it took me a couple of minutes
Are you in the 8th grade? Those of us a couple of decades past the 8th grade are maybe slower at algebra than someone who is actively drilling it...
This is more a test of reading comprehension than algebra. Figuring out what the questions is even trying to ask is like 90% of the question.
I must be getting old as well because I had to write it down in a piece of paper to do it, but I did get it pretty quick.