P2 Math - General Discussion

[Yong HL]

lizuan76:

Normally how many pages of assessment books will your children do daily? I used to give my girl two pages daily but find it too slow.

For me, its about a topic worth. But if the topic is hard, then i will break it into 2.

[Yong HL]

janet_lee88:

So, don't walk in the direction and stay on the 1st floor of IMM.

wats on the 1st floor of IMM?

[janet88]

Yong HL:

janet_lee88:

So, don't walk in the direction and stay on the 1st floor of IMM.

wats on the 1st floor of IMM?

Giant. McDonald, Bossini, Esprit

[Yong HL]

janet_lee88:

Yong HL:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]So, don't walk in the direction and stay on the 1st floor of IMM.

wats on the 1st floor of IMM?

Giant. McDonald, Bossini, Esprit[/quote]Oic :lol:

[Champion]

janet_lee88:

So, don't walk in the direction and stay on the 1st floor of IMM.

Haha, Janet - that what my hubby told me too :lol: And if at Jurong Point, he will \"detour\" me from going to JP1 basement. Must really control else sure buy and buy and buy :roll:

[janet88]

Champion:

janet_lee88:

So, don't walk in the direction and stay on the 1st floor of IMM.

Haha, Janet - that what my hubby told me too :lol: And if at Jurong Point, he will \"detour\" me from going to JP1 basement. Must really control else sure buy and buy and buy :roll:

Hubby will tell me to go to Kopi Tiam for ice kacang if we go 2nd floor.
So we stay either in Daiso or on 1st floor in Giant...no books.

[Tinkerbelle]

plum-cake:

speaking about the challenging problems. my girl sometimes struggle. and even told me she is not good in maths...I saw some down feelings... in her eyes.


am I the only one here or is there any body facing the same problem? cos. if she is the only one struggling means I have to do something about it.

I only do 2/3 problems a day. :oops:
Thank you.

Hi plum-cake,

It depends on how challenging the questions are. My DD generally can solve routine problem sums within the P2 syllabus (when she's not too careless), however, when the questions get too challenging, I'll still need to guide her through.

Give your DD some time to adapt to all the lenghty problem sums in P2. Sometimes, it's not beacuse she's not good in maths, but rather because there are too many sentences to digest. Encourage your DD to take her time and read the question carefully, even twice if necessary. Break down the whole question into smaller digestible parts and work on each part.

I find that for challenging questions, when I go through each part with DD slowly, she's able to solve the question. Lots of practice does help too. Most importantly, I try not to give DD problem sums that are way beyond her limits....don't want to kill her interest. I also encourage DD...tell her she's not bad in maths.... so that she doesn't lose confidence in herself.

Currently, DD's sch is using http://www.problemsums.com I find it useful as DD is motivated to solve the simple questions and then move on to the more challenging ones.. Maybe you can check if your DD's sch is using it? All the best. :lol:

[optimistforum]

Good morning


I wanted to compare DS1’s Maths homework, with what I believe is Singaporean P1 or P2 level?.

He is in UK Year 3, which is age 7 to 8. He is in the top set of maths, yet he is struggling with the EPH Challenging Maths P1 book - surprisingly better at Section C problems compared to Section B.

Please look at the Maths Problem below, and clarify whether it is at Singapore Level P1 or P2.

I think of a number, double it and add 5. The answer is 35. What was my number?

Workings:

35 -5 = 30

30 /2 = 15

Answer = 15

[plum-cake]

Tinkerbelle:

Hi plum-cake,

It depends on how challenging the questions are. My DD generally can solve routine problem sums within the P2 syllabus (when she's not too careless), however, when the questions get too challenging, I'll still need to guide her through.

Give your DD some time to adapt to all the lenghty problem sums in P2. Sometimes, it's not beacuse she's not good in maths, but rather because there are too many sentences to digest. Encourage your DD to take her time and read the question carefully, even twice if necessary. Break down the whole question into smaller digestible parts and work on each part.

I find that for challenging questions, when I go through each part with DD slowly, she's able to solve the question. Lots of practice does help too. Most importantly, I also encourage DD...tell her she's not bad in maths.... so that she doesn't lose confidence in herself.

All the best. :lol:

Thank you Tinkerbelle for taking time to answer my question.
Thank you for your valuable advices.

Tinkerbelle:

I try not to give DD problem sums that are way beyond her limits....don't want to kill her interest.

Not really I only have p2 books. Fabian Ng & Andrew ER. She try to read the whole Q and answer. but I asked her to read again and in the 2nd time try to make number sentence for each sentence.

Some Qs have 2 questions where you have to solve the first part to find the 2nd one. And some comes with mixed operations. she only thinks about the add/substraction signs forgetting the other two.

Tinkerbelle:

Currently, DD's sch is using http://www.problemsums.com I find it useful as DD is motivated to solve the simple questions and then move on to the more challenging ones.. Maybe you can check if your DD's sch is using it?

Yes my dd's school is also using that. The subscription is up to the end of march. You can try this one as well http://www.thinkingblocks.com/TB_AS/tb_as3.html
Thank you very much. we are going to practice more during the half term break...

[janet88]

HI Mummies,

I took out the P1 i-excel heuristic & models yesterday to read. In Chap 3 or 4, there is this topic on counting chicken and dogs legs. Read the examples several times and still couldn't figure out at all...give up and wash my hands off Maths...don't want to burn my brain cells over it.
Why must Maths be so difficult now ? :roll: :x

This book I have 'Excel in Maths' by Fabian Ng is tough...hubby told me to put aside so as not to kill her interest.