Q&A - PSLE Math

[tianzhu]

ck123:

Question from nanyang sa1 2011 paper 2 q15

Mr Yama went shopping and bought 8 shirts from the first shop. Then, he bought 3 more identical shirts at $42.59 each from the second shop. The average cost of all his shirts was decreased by $1.50. What was the total cost of the 11 shirts?

Hi

I believe you just want to confirm the answer.

It is $512.49

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[ck123]

Hi tianzhu


Don’t mind to show me the steps brain a bit not working now…

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[atutor2001]

ck123:

Question from nanyang sa1 2011 paper 2 q15

Mr Yama went shopping and bought 8 shirts from the first shop. Then, he bought 3 more identical shirts at $42.59 each from the second shop. The average cost of all his shirts was decreased by $1.50. What was the total cost of the 11 shirts?

Anyone done above question before please help cause I do not have the answer

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Must first recognise that the new average price is more than the actual cost ($42.59) of a new shirt which is why the average price of the existing shirts dropped.

Since the average price dropped by $1.50, so each of the 8 shirts contributes $1.50 to the 3 new shirts.
Total amount from the 8 shirts = 8 x $1.50 = $12
This $12 is distributed equally among the 3 new shirts.
Each new shirt gets $12/3 = $4
The new average cost is higher than the cost of each new shirt by $4.
New average cost = $4 + $42.59 = $46.59

Total cost of 11 shirt = 11 x $46.59 = $512.49

[ck123]

Thanks atutor2001


Need help with this question
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Answer given : 43.73 sqcm

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[tianzhu]

ck123:

Thanks atutor2001


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Answer given : 43.73 sqcm

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Please enlarge it.

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[Daddy]

Hi MathIzzzfun,


Sorry to ask you some questions that I did not understand. :?

Why did the ribbons have 6 blocks instead of 3? From \"Mary bought 2/3 of ribbon\"
Why did the clips have 6 blocks also? How did you get it? Thanks..

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Thanks.

[meimeitan]

Hi


Anyone can help to solve the Raffles Girls Maths prelimin paper 2 question 17. The answer provided is not clear. Anyone can explain how to solve it? Thanks.

[Vanilla Cake]

ck123:

Need help with this question

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Answer given : 43.73 sqcm

tianzhu:

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Dear Uncle tianzhu,

Pls refer to the above picture - Henry Park Primary School 2011 P6 Prelim Maths Paper 2 Q10 - 3 marks that ck123 was talking about. Thks for your attention in this matter.

[Vanilla Cake]

Dear Uncle tianzhu,


I got the 2011 P6 Prelim Maths paper for Rosyth School but no answers were given. I had requested vlim (her son is in Rosyth School's GEP) for her http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=157&p=581820#p581820 to provide the answers. If this is not possible, could I type the answers worked out by my younger sister for you to verify them? Just to counter check and no need any worked solutions. TIA for your attention in this request.

PS: I had browsed through this Maths paper from Rosyth School and found out that it was not an easy Maths paper.

[Vanilla Cake]

Dear Uncle tianzhu,


Maths Q13 (5-mark) from 2011 P6 Prelim Maths from Rosyth school mentioned about cupcakes - Vanilla (me), Chocolate (my cousin), Strawberry and Blackforest. Too bad :sick: , my flavour was the least popular.

Here's the question:

A confectionary factory baked a total of 3123 cupcakes in 4 different flavours, Strawberry, Chocolate, Vanilla and Blackforest. The Blackforest flavour was the most popular and Vanilla was the least popular flavour with a difference of 528. The difference in the number of cupcakes between Strawberry flavour and Blackforest flavour was 351. The difference in the number of cupcakes between the Chocolate-flavour and Blackforest flavour was 190.
(a) How many Blackforest-flavour cupcakes were baked?
(b) The cupcakes were packed into boxes for delivery. Each box can hold up to 20 cupcakes. What is the minimum number of boxes needed to pack all the Strawberry-flavour and Vanilla-flavour cupcakes?

PS: I hope that you and your family enjoy eating Vanilla/Chocolate/Pandan cakes.