O-Level Additional Math

[apple_a_day]

justwondering:

i heard that sec sch math is going to be tough...is there any way to prepare during the hols?like ...good books to buy for sec 1? pls help :thankyou:

Go through the textbook, if you can finish all the questions in the textbook, its pretty good enough
Maths is about practising.

I also agree with BlurBerry. CASCO is good for self practice. There are worked examples, teacher's tips, some basic drills, problem sums (Which all
textbooks have) and worked solution. The variety of questions' difficulty is pretty good too. On the overall, its a good book for self learning. [For self learning, its better to have worked solution]

[pinkapple]

apple_a_day:

Go through the textbook, if you can finish all the questions in the textbook, its pretty good enough
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if can finish all the questions during holi still need to attend sec1??

[apple_a_day]

pinkapple:

apple_a_day:

Go through the textbook, if you can finish all the questions in the textbook, its pretty good enough
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if can finish all the questions during holi still need to attend sec1??

Well.. you don't attend School just for the content knowledge. Your child learns to socialize, pick up values and knowledge through school activities and curriculum which no books can offer. On top of that, the school expose them a range of activities and help to realize your child full potential. For eg, I had a student who picked up golf and was groomed to be a professional golf player on top of academic studies, or school organized overseas adventurous trips which I don't think I have the strength to company my children to go.

Students nowadays like to try questions from assessment books without knowing that their textbook is actually a gem. Many of the questions from assessment books are similar to their own textbooks. Structure flow in learning is important, ie students exposed to easier questions before the difficult ones. Most of the textbooks such as Discovering Maths and Shinglee are able to achieve that.

Your question was preparing your child for Sec 1 learning. For a start, going through the textbook will be good. (Save $ mah If the textbook cannot satisfy your child's hunger for knowledge, then you can start to look for assessment books such as CASCO or New Syllabus Mathematics Workbook. If it is still not enough then you can try \"Pass with Distinction\" Elementary Mathematics\" by Shinglee.

CASCO is good because it provides full worked solutions. Students normally give up as they feel frustrated when they faced obstacles from problems. So the worked solution does offer a little help when in need. Some parents enrolled their children into tuition programmes now so that they have an edge over other school mates as they learnt the topics before the school starts. And in such programmes, they provide all the materials.

Hope I answered your question

[victorian]

justwondering:

i heard that sec sch math is going to be tough...is there any way to prepare during the hols?like ...good books to buy for sec 1? pls help :thankyou:

Personally, I find assessment books quite shallow. I used very little of it in secondary school and still got my distinctions in math. IMO, if you follow along the lesson in school, and do all the homework required (especially exam papers), you should be able to do well.

[elderflowertea]

justwondering:

i heard that sec sch math is going to be tough...is there any way to prepare during the hols?like ...good books to buy for sec 1? pls help :thankyou:

Try Casco Mathematics Tutor. It's good

[verykepoandkiasu]

HI…Wondering if there are any good math olympiad books for sec 1???

[Worry-Mummy]

Hi, i got a daughter who is taking N level this year…I’m so worry abt her Mathematics subject…I notice she can understand and never fail in this subject(for all the class test or sementer test)…She love maths. but I was surprise and wonder why she did not do well in maths each time she sat for Mid-Year and Final year.

[bigmac]

Here is the question:


Find the smallest number which when divided by 24 and 36 leaves a remainder of 11.

Solution given by the book:
LCM: 2X2X2X3X3
=8X9=72

Thus, require number = 72 + 11 = 83

Can explain to me why need to add the 11.

Thanks alot.

[kat70]

elderflowertea:

justwondering:

i heard that sec sch math is going to be tough...is there any way to prepare during the hols?like ...good books to buy for sec 1? pls help :thankyou:

Try Casco Mathematics Tutor. It's good

Is it ok for one who has never been good in math?
Is there a lot of practice? Coz my daughter is the type who needs to do a lot of questions

[pinkapple]

Worry-Mummy:

Hi, i got a daughter who is taking N level this year...I'm so worry abt her Mathematics subject..I notice she can understand and never fail in this subject(for all the class test or sementer test)..She love maths. but I was surprise and wonder why she did not do well in maths each time she sat for Mid-Year and Final year.

this is actually a common problem among students.

some reasons are:
1. they are not tuned to being tested all the topics at once - they don't know which topic the Qns are from hence don't know which formulas to use.

2. time management.

3. not enough stamina / attention for a 2-hour paper.

to overcome these,
the student should sit down and do a full midyear/ end of year paper, time herself for 2 hours and finish the paper within the time given.
if she can do ths once a week (Paper1 odd weeks, paper2 even weeks) she would have done at least 7 sets of papers before the mid year exam.