2014 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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whitecarrotcake:
That's the thing. It's like testing their English.My DD's version of the qn
There are 60 apples and 75 pears. There are equal number of apples and pears in each bag. How many apples are there in each bag if as many bags as possible are used?
What's equal number of apples and pears in each bag? How does one interpret it?
So that's why among her gep friends, it's an even split between answers 4 apples and 5 apples. There is also a more or less an even split among her mainstreamer friends. -
lurline:
It's not really testing English but this type of qn can be open to interpretations.
That's the thing. It's like testing their English.whitecarrotcake:
My DD's version of the qn
There are 60 apples and 75 pears. There are equal number of apples and pears in each bag. How many apples are there in each bag if as many bags as possible are used?
What's equal number of apples and pears in each bag? How does one interpret it?
So that's why among her gep friends, it's an even split between answers 4 apples and 5 apples. There is also a more or less an even split among her mainstreamer friends.
Equal number of apples and pears in each bag can mean equal ratio of apples and pears in 1 bag or it can mean every bag has the same number of fruit.
If it's the former, then the answer will be 5.
If it's the latter, the answer will be 4. -
My answers(student)
1.135
2.10m-7
3.4.15 pm
4.12.5
5.11/20
6.1/8,ring file,121
7.250,375%
8.47 days
9.160
10.220,2338
What is question 9 and 10? -
lurline:
My DD's version goes like this:
That's the thing. It's like testing their English.whitecarrotcake:
My DD's version of the qn
There are 60 apples and 75 pears. There are equal number of apples and pears in each bag. How many apples are there in each bag if as many bags as possible are used?
What's equal number of apples and pears in each bag? How does one interpret it?
So that's why among her gep friends, it's an even split between answers 4 apples and 5 apples. There is also a more or less an even split among her mainstreamer friends.
There are 60 apples and 75 pears. There is an equal number of fruits in each bag. How many apples are there in each bag if as many bags as possible are to be used?
DD's understanding at first was that since as many bags as possible are to be used, she should use the lowest common factor (5) to divide the apples and pears into as many bags as possible.
However, she realised that when 60 is divided by 5, the ans is 12. When 75 is divided by 5, the ans is 15! This shows that the no. of bags is different!
Hence, she deduced that the two numbers have to be divided by 4 and not 5. -
GiftedGem:
My DD's version goes like this:
That's the thing. It's like testing their English.lurline:
[quote=\"whitecarrotcake\"]My DD's version of the qn
There are 60 apples and 75 pears. There are equal number of apples and pears in each bag. How many apples are there in each bag if as many bags as possible are used?
What's equal number of apples and pears in each bag? How does one interpret it?
So that's why among her gep friends, it's an even split between answers 4 apples and 5 apples. There is also a more or less an even split among her mainstreamer friends.
There are 60 apples and 75 pears. There is an equal number of fruits in each bag. How many apples are there in each bag if as many bags as possible are to be used?
DD's understanding at first was that since as many bags as possible are to be used, she should use the lowest common factor (5) to divide the apples and pears into as many bags as possible.
However, she realised that when 60 is divided by 5, the ans is 12. When 75 is divided by 5, the ans is 15! This shows that the no. of bags is different!
Hence, she deduced that the two numbers have to be divided by 4 and not 5.[/quote]15 bags - 4 apples and 5 pears ineach bag
27 bags - 5 fruits (5 apples or 5 pears) in each bag -- does not make sense. To put in as many as possible bags, it can be 1 fruit (or even 3 fruits) per bag.
So correct answer should be 4 apples. -
sembgal:
If English and Math papers are considered easy, the killer paper should be Science. Be prepared for a difficult Science PSLE paper.
Last year, all the 4 or even the higher MT papers were equally manageable ....
Similar trend should continue ....
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What do you all think? 90 what will be a Astar?
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97 = A Star (last year)
This year… Around there? -
97 = A Star (last year)
This year… Around there?
May I know how do you know 97 was a AStar? -
Kangkangteo:
[/quote]whitecarrotcake:
My DD's version of the qn
There are 60 apples and 75 pears. There are equal number of apples and pears in each bag. How many apples are there in each bag if as many bags as possible are used?
What's equal number of apples and pears in each bag? How does one interpret it?
So that's why among her gep friends, it's an even split between answers 4 apples and 5 apples. There is also a more or less an even split among her mainstreamer friends.
15 bags - 4 apples and 5 pears ineach bag
27 bags - 5 fruits (5 apples or 5 pears) in each bag -- does not make sense. To put in as many as possible bags, it can be 1 fruit (or even 3 fruits) per bag.
So correct answer should be 4 apples.
Yep you got a point there, kangkangteo. My dd chose 4 apples but she was asking if she had misread the equal number of apples and pears as many of her friends wrote 5.
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