Q&A - PSLE Math

[Muffins]

Maths papers finished.. Am told that it was a killer paper. Many questions were hard and GEPers could also not finsih some of them. Only good thing is that if it was a hard paper and results are average all-round, then T-Scores would still be quite high.

[Jennifer]

Muffins:

Only good thing is that if it was a hard paper and results are average all-round, then T-Scores would still be quite high.

[parent135]

the paper is super easy and i finish everything in 1h 15 mins :lol:

[James Ang]

Muffins:

Maths papers finished.. Am told that it was a killer paper. Many questions were hard and GEPers could also not finsih some of them. Only good thing is that if it was a hard paper and results are average all-round, then T-Scores would still be quite high.

Agreed! My students told me the geometry (angles) question is very hard and one ratio problem sum. I haven't checked with them their questions, but one student did say she doesn't know how to do the speed question (speed questions hardly came out the past few years before the calculator was introduced and in future it should be coming out every year). Keep fingers crossed, the good students should be able to get A*.

Killer paper or nightmare, it is here to stay. But the PSLE Maths does raise overall Maths standards.

[mathsparks]

parent135:

the paper is super easy and i finish everything in 1h 15 mins :lol:

Congratulations! Hope you didn't miss out any pages. You parent or child? :?

[parent135]

geometry and the ratio question is sooo easy…


seriously , did your child study??

[Ultra KS]

Killer!

Heard even NYPS pupils find it tough!!!
Some even cried along during the paper…poor kids.

[parent135]

mathsparks:

parent135:

the paper is super easy and i finish everything in 1h 15 mins :lol:

Congratulations! Hope you didn't miss out any pages. You parent or child? :?

i child but use my parent account

[mrswongtuition]

Just spoke to 3 of my students. They said that the paper was generally managable but they did not have time to do a thorough check. Only managed to check those that they were unsure of.


One of them mentioned that the geometry and ratio question was alright, but he could not solve the speed question. He got decimals in his answer which he thinks is not correct.

Another girl said that she could not understand the geometry question, but managed to do the ratio & speed questions.

Last boy said he could do all the questions. Had no troubles at all and he sounded quite satisfied with himself. FYI, this student has been doing very well the past year, scoring >95 in his schools' exams and in the exam papers I give him (2008 & 2009 prelim papers).

Problem is, manage to do & managed to get correct are 2 different things!

[N3SKiasu]

The Speed question (if my DD remembered correctly):


Mei and Lin take part in a cycling race.
Mei’s speed is 20km/h. When Lin travelled half of the distance, Mei was 3.5km in front of her.
Mei reached finishing line at 10.45am.
What time did Lin reach the finishing line?

Similar feedback - paper was tough, finished all but not a lot of time left to check through. Anyway, its over now, just move on and focus on next few papers.