MOE says 15 marks of the Mathematics PSLE paper are challenging. So average students can only hope to score 85% max?

[Zeal mummy]

Mr.Clumsy\" post_id=\"2075262\" time=\"1658278946\" user_id=\"135989:

That's what I told my little Clumsy one to do.

Sometimes it's so frustrating! He can get the workings correct and that make a blunder on the last line which gives him the wrong answer. But, the workings should help.

Yes, we all have to learn. Not easy for kids.

[sharonkhoo]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2075548\" time=\"1658392751\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2075548 time=1658392751 user_id=53606]
I do not know. It’s probably too “simple” for PSLE.

I could solve it in few minutes without prior exposure. DH could not. DS could not either. But now they both know how. DS could eventually understand the Hexagon but not skii’s “intersecting” theorem.

Exposure is fine but there is no end to it if u want to keep chasing such qns, which may not come out in the end.[/quote]

A lot of this is whether you \"see\" it, or have the mental nimbleness to figure things out quickly under exam conditions. Practice can help, but only to the same or similar questions. For questions that are less similar, it depends on whether the person's mind has the ability to extrapolate that way of thinking and \"seeing\" to different applications, and this varies widely and is largely inborn. And I'm sure MOE exam setters will try to keep developing \"less similar\" questions, because they know tthat many kids will be asked to practise every question that has appeared in the past.

Again, I would say that how much prep and exposure you want to give the student depends on his ability. If the student is coping well with the 85% less-challenging questions, then by all means expose him to more difficult questions to stretch him. But one who is still struggling with the 85% would do better to focus on those - some exposure to challenging questions is fine, but it could be discouraging and the time and energy could be better used.

[Mr.025413Clumsy]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2075548\" time=\"1658392751\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2075548 time=1658392751 user_id=53606]
I do not know. It’s probably too “simple” for PSLE.

I could solve it in few minutes without prior exposure. DH could not. DS could not either. But now they both know how. DS could eventually understand the Hexagon but not skii’s “intersecting” theorem.

Exposure is fine but there is no end to it if u want to keep chasing such qns, which may not come out in the end.[/quote]

Mr.Clumsy couldn't either so Mr.Clumsy is glad that Mr.Clumsy isn't taking the PSLE.

[Imp75]

I also dunno how to solve zacmummy question hahaha…old liao don’t wanna use my brain too much…

[eurostar]

naturally lah ...15 marks gone + few careless (hopefully not) still got AL3-4 mah


with DSA still manageable to squeeze through for most here

[cpcm9]

tinker_bell\" post_id=\"2074597\" time=\"1657869767\" user_id=\"194652:

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I wish to boost my kid's problem solving ability and confidence for those 4-mark and 5-mark type of difficult PSLE maths questions.

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Where to buy this \"NickleBee Math Worksheet Set\"?
Tks!

[eurostar]

think too late to buy now imo


this few days prepare for oral

than just practice what is remaining paper bah

this year full syllabus tested

hope setter dun come out funny funny questions haha

[tinker_bell]

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Heard that 2022 PSLE mathematics exam was very manageable with no major surprises. I think Ivan and Helen both went on a holiday liao lor.....

[tinker_bell]

Saw that the parent groupchats were discussing about there being a pattern to which year's PSLE mathematics examination is challenging or easy. Would you agree?


2017 - Challenging ( example ; Ribbon question )
2018 - Easy
2019 - Challenging ( example : Semicircle question )
2020 - Easy
2021 - Challenging ( example : Ivan & Helen question)
2022 - Easy
2023 - ???

[mifffy80]

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