about "ask me your burning maths questions" topic

[Pen88n]

jtoh:

Mum1113:

Heard about 2007, 2009 MA was tough. So 2011 as well ? In my son's MA class, the MA teacher alerts the whole class as a head-start in the very 1st day of school.

I suspect so. The 2009 paper was a killer.

DS Maths teacher told the class so as well. Que sera sera, whatever will be will be.....I told DS if it is difficult paper, the whole cohort still gets the same paper. No one has advantage / disadvantage over anyone else. So, just do his best!

[Picolo]

Pen88n:

jtoh:

[quote=\"Mum1113\"]Heard about 2007, 2009 MA was tough. So 2011 as well ? In my son's MA class, the MA teacher alerts the whole class as a head-start in the very 1st day of school.

I suspect so. The 2009 paper was a killer.

DS Maths teacher told the class so as well. Que sera sera, whatever will be will be.....I told DS if it is difficult paper, the whole cohort still gets the same paper. No one has advantage / disadvantage over anyone else. So, just do his best![/quote]Though everyone in the cohort sits the same paper, the difficulty level of the math paper will affect the students' competitive advantage. Eg. for a simple paper, the student who is more careful will get better score. For a difficult paper, the student who have practised more types of 'difficult questions' has a better chance of a A*, more exposure what... :evil:

[acforfamily]

hmm when I started this topic, I was hoping that I will be comforted that these math questions are just a rarity. Unfortunately, it has only worsened my fears

[ChiefKiasu]

acforfamily:

hmm when I started this topic, I was hoping that I will be comforted that these math questions are just a rarity. Unfortunately, it has only worsened my fears

Better to understand and face the reality than to live a momentary existence of bliss through ignorance.
It is true that a number of those questions in the Maths Guru thread are olympiad-type questions, but equally true that others posted there are fair game for PSLE.
If you want pure PSLE questions, stick to the PSLE Maths thread. Actually, it is not much better there either :scared: .

[RRMummy]

ChiefKiasu:

If you want pure PSLE questions, stick to the PSLE Maths thread. Actually, it is not much better there either :scared: .

I have the exact same feeling.. actually made me have a nightmare the other night... :faint:

[Mum1113]

ChiefKiasu:

acforfamily:

hmm when I started this topic, I was hoping that I will be comforted that these math questions are just a rarity. Unfortunately, it has only worsened my fears

Better to understand and face the reality than to live a momentary existence of bliss through ignorance.
It is true that a number of those questions in the Maths Guru thread are olympiad-type questions, but equally true that others posted there are fair game for PSLE.
If you want pure PSLE questions, stick to the PSLE Maths thread. Actually, it is not much better there either :scared: .

Chief, I won't say I live in ignorance for past years and only to wake up this year when ds in taking his PSLE this year.......but joining this forum only beginning of this year does give me Heads Up and live in more Reality when so many helpful parents are here to share their experiences which at times, can be really s-c-a-r-y ....

[Mum1113]

RRMummy:

ChiefKiasu:

If you want pure PSLE questions, stick to the PSLE Maths thread. Actually, it is not much better there either :scared: .

I have the exact same feeling.. actually made me have a nightmare the other night... :faint:

lol, yours taking PSLE this year ? Dun dwell on it too much during the day, and dreams come 'true' at night....u know the chinese saying

[RRMummy]

Mum1113:

RRMummy:

I have the exact same feeling.. actually made me have a nightmare the other night... :faint:

lol, yours taking PSLE this year ? Dun dwell on it too much during the day, and dreams come 'true' at night....u know the chinese saying

Thank God no... DD1 is in P1 this year..i went in to kpo then ran for my life :yikes: :siam:

yeah I know the chinese saying... geez... I think i might fail if you ask me to sit for a PSLE Maths within the specified time... :faint:

like DH said, time for me to buy P6 books and study first...

[mr_ding]

Interesting thread! I stopped trying to understand the maths questions posted there after reading a few sentences of the 1st question..lol


I rmbed that the easy questions are mostly at the first few pages and it gets tougher at the back. But just in case I missed easy questions behind, I always scan through the whole exam paper before doing. Just in case. Well, was tricked once.

SO, tip to your DDs: Scan through the whole paper before you start doing!

[Pen88n]

RRMummy:

Mum1113:

[quote=\"RRMummy\"]I have the exact same feeling.. actually made me have a nightmare the other night... :faint:

lol, yours taking PSLE this year ? Dun dwell on it too much during the day, and dreams come 'true' at night....u know the chinese saying

Thank God no... DD1 is in P1 this year..i went in to kpo then ran for my life :yikes: :siam:

yeah I know the chinese saying... geez... I think i might fail if you ask me to sit for a PSLE Maths within the specified time... :faint:

like DH said, time for me to buy P6 books and study first... [/quote]RRmummy,
I think your DH meant for you to buy P3 - P6 Maths books to study. If you \"jump\" direct to P6 Maths book, can't say for sure you can understand what is there in the P6 book. A lot of the school syllabus are different from our time, and we really need to \"re-learn\" before we can even teach (for most subjects in fact, not only Maths).