Q&A - PSLE Math

[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.

[nani]

parent135:

geometry and the ratio question is sooo easy...


seriously , did your child study??

Hi

Please share what your answers were for the geometry, speed & ration qns?

Many thanks

[turquoise]

There's a discussion going on here on PSLE Math: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5906

[beatrice]

parent123 how did you do the geometry question?? i(im a student, just took it today) found it impossible. the othter questions were easy to me but i had no idea about the geometry question. i spent like 1 hour looking at it(im not exxagerating) oh and good luck on chinese tmr!!

[beatrice]

nani:

parent135:

geometry and the ratio question is sooo easy...


seriously , did your child study??

Hi

Please share what your answers were for the geometry, speed & ration qns?

Many thanks

i took it and i got 1106. many of my friends had the same answer as me. as for the geometry question, i had no idea.

[small]

One of the PSLE question if my DD remembered correctly.


Sally baked some cookies to sell. ¾ of them were chocolate cookies and the remaning were almond cookies. After she sold 210 chocolate cookies and 5/6 of the almond cookies, she had 1/5 of the cookies left. How many cookies did she sell?

:stupid:

[nani]

small:

One of the PSLE question if my DD remembered correctly.


Sally baked some cookies to sell. ¾ of them were chocolate cookies and the remaning were almond cookies. After she sold 210 chocolate cookies and 5/6 of the almond cookies, she had 1/5 of the cookies left. How many cookies did she sell?

:stupid:

My daug's ans was 960... anybody had the same ans ??? :roll:

[parent135]

nani:

small:

One of the PSLE question if my DD remembered correctly.


Sally baked some cookies to sell. ¾ of them were chocolate cookies and the remaning were almond cookies. After she sold 210 chocolate cookies and 5/6 of the almond cookies, she had 1/5 of the cookies left. How many cookies did she sell?

:stupid:

My daug's ans was 960... anybody had the same ans ??? :roll:

me my answer is also 960

p.s. although my username is parent135 i am a child using my parent account

[MummyJamie]

I’m Jamie, child of my mum’s account XD


PSLE Maths was tough for me. I was able to answer all the questions, though. For the angles/geometry one, most of my classmates got 120, 135 or 150. I used guess & check at first, but then used ratio and got 120. Anyone used ratio & got that too?