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    • MathIzzzFunM Offline
      MathIzzzFun
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      elisammom:
      Pls help this


      2 boys have as many sweet as 3 girls. The total nos of sweets for 6 boys and 7 girls are 192. How many does each boy and girl has?
      Thanks!
      Hi

      2 boys --> 6 units of sweets
      1 boy --> 3 units of sweets

      3 girls --> 6 units of sweets
      1 girl --> 2 units of sweets

      So, 6 boys + 7 girls --> 18 units + 14 units = 32 units of sweets
      32 units of sweets --> 192
      1 unit of sweets --> 6

      Each boy has 18 sweets, each girl has 12 sweets

      cheers.

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        elisammom
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        :udaman: :thankyou:

        Thanks you sooooo much!
        Cracking my head for days but can't solve..... Except using algebra method...;(

        Thanks!

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        • MathIzzzFunM Offline
          MathIzzzFun
          last edited by

          elisammom:
          :udaman: :thankyou:

          Thanks you sooooo much!
          Cracking my head for days but can't solve..... Except using algebra method...;(

          Thanks!
          u r welcome πŸ˜„

          cheers.

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            tianzhu
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            mmpiglet:
            Dear Tianzhu,

            Thanks for showing me the method. My ds was taught MS during her tuition class and to reinforce what she had learnt, I'd picked some past year questions which look similar to the ones used for MS method. But now I realised that MS method can only be used for certain questions.
            Hi mmpiglet

            Good Morning.

            You may also want to let your child have a little more practice by doing these questions.

            1)Guo Cong Min has 12 pets which consist of birds and hamsters. All the hamsters have 36 more legs than all the birds. How many of his pets are birds? (2 birds, 10 hamsters)

            2)Hong Yuan has a total number of 25 tricycles and bicycles in a shop. If there are 61 wheels altogether, how many tricycles are there in the shop?
            (14 bicycles, 11 tricycles)

            3)Shu Hua has 8 coins that add up to $3.40. Some are 50Β’ coins and the rest are 20Β’ coins. How many 50Β’ coins does Shu Hua have? (6)

            4)There were 50 children in Xie Ming Ming’s party. Each boy ate 10 cookies. Each girl ate 7 cookies. All the girls ate 44 more cookies than all the boys. How many more girls than boys were there? (14)

            5)Chun Hua visited a farm where she saw some ducks and goats. There were a total of 65 ducks and goats. She then counted the legs of the animals and found that there were 196 legs. How many ducks were there in the farm?(32)

            6)Lincoln visited a farm where he saw some cows and ducks. There were 75 of them. He then counted the legs of the animals and found that there were 220. How many animals of each type were there in the farm? (35,40 )

            7)In a Maths quiz, each pupil had to answer 20 questions. 5 points were given for each correct answer and 2 points were taken away from each wrong answer. Mirabel answered all questions and scored 79 points. How many questions did she answer correctly? (17)

            8)I have 38 coins and they are made up of 50-cent and 20-cent coins. Their total value is $13.60. What is the ratio of the number of 20-cent coins to the number of 50-cent coins? (9:10)

            9)There are some goats, chickens and cows in a farm. There are 3 times many chickens as cows. John finds out that among the animals, there are a total of 32 heads and 92 legs. How many goats are there? (18,6 ,8 )

            10) In a quiz, there were 20 questions. 5 marks were awarded for each correct answer. 2 marks were deducted for each wrong answer. For questions that were unanswered, no marks were awarded or deducted. Mary scored 67 marks in the quiz. How many questions did she answer correctly?(15)

            Best wishes

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              mmpiglet
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              Thanks Tianzhu,


              I will let her try these questions.

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                chloecube
                last edited by

                tianzhu:
                mmpiglet:

                Dear Tianzhu,

                Thanks for showing me the method. My ds was taught MS during her tuition class and to reinforce what she had learnt, I'd picked some past year questions which look similar to the ones used for MS method. But now I realised that MS method can only be used for certain questions.

                Hi mmpiglet

                Good Morning.

                You may also want to let your child have a little more practice by doing these questions.

                1)Guo Cong Min has 12 pets which consist of birds and hamsters. All the hamsters have 36 more legs than all the birds. How many of his pets are birds?

                2)Hong Yuan has a total number of 25 tricycles and bicycles in a shop. If there are 61 wheels altogether, how many tricycles are there in the shop?

                3)Shu Hua has 8 coins that add up to $3.40. Some are 50Β’ coins and the rest are 20Β’ coins. How many 50Β’ coins does Shu Hua have?

                4)There were 50 children in Xie Ming Ming’s party. Each boy ate 10 cookies. Each girl ate 7 cookies. All the girls ate 44 more cookies than all the boys. How many more girls than boys were there?

                5)Chun Hua visited a farm where she saw some ducks and goats. There were a total of 65 ducks and goats. She then counted the legs of the animals and found that there were 196 legs. How many ducks were there in the farm?

                6)Lincoln visited a farm where he saw some cows and ducks. There were 75 of them. He then counted the legs of the animals and found that there were 220. How many animals of each type were there in the farm? (35,40 )

                7)In a Maths quiz, each pupil had to answer 20 questions. 5 points were given for each correct answer and 2 points were taken away from each wrong answer. Mirabel answered all questions and scored 79 points. How many questions did she answer correctly? (17)

                8)I have 38 coins and they are made up of 50-cent and 20-cent coins. Their total value is $13.60. What is the ratio of the number of 20-cent coins to the number of 50-cent coins? (9:10)

                9)There are some goats, chickens and cows in a farm. There are 3 times many chickens as cows. John finds out that among the animals, there are a total of 32 heads and 92 legs. How many goats are there? (18,6 ,8 )

                Best wishes

                :celebrate: :lovesite: Tianzhu, you are a gem in KSP πŸ™‚ Thank you.

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                  Charnic
                  last edited by

                  Thanks ! Can provide the answers as well ?

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                    chloecube
                    last edited by

                    Hi Tianzhu, i am trying to do all the question before passing to DS to try.

                    but here i am stuck in Q1 😞 can you pls help to provide one working for me? and i will try the rest myself..thks

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                      chloecube
                      last edited by

                      chloecube:
                      Hi Tianzhu, i am trying to do all the question before passing to DS to try.

                      but here i am stuck in Q1 😞 can you pls help to provide one working for me? and i will try the rest myself..thks
                      ans for Q2 )

                      Assuming all are tricycles,
                      25 x 3 = 75
                      75-61= 14
                      Difference numbers of wheel between tricycle and bicycle = 3-2 = 1
                      14/1 = 14 bicycles
                      25-14 = 11 tricycles

                      Check : 14 bicycles x 2 wheels = 28
                      11 tricycles x 3 wheels = 33
                      33+28 =61 wheels

                      Q3)
                      Assuming all coins are 50cents
                      8 x 50cents = $4
                      $4 - $3.40 = 60 cents
                      Differences = 50-20= 30cents
                      60cents / 30 cents = 2 20cents
                      Shu Hua has 8 – 2 = six 50 cents coin

                      check : 2 x 20 cents = 40 cents
                      6 x 50cents = $3
                      3 + 0.4 = $3.40

                      still trying the rest ...

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                        chloecube
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                        Q5)


                        Assuming all are goats,
                        65 x 4 = 260
                        260 – 196 = 64
                        Difference numbers of legs between duck and goat = 4-2 = 2
                        64/2 =32 ducks
                        65 – 32 = 33 goats

                        Check : 32 ducks x 2 legs = 64
                        33 goats x 4 legs = 132
                        64 + 132 = 196 legs

                        Q6)
                        Assuming all are cows,
                        75 x 4 = 300
                        300-220=80
                        Difference numbers of legs = 4-2 = 2
                        80/2=40ducks
                        75-40=35 cows

                        Check : 40 ducks x 2 legs =80
                        35 cows x 4 legs = 140
                        140+80=220 legs

                        Q7)
                        Assuming she answered all correctly:
                        20 x 5 = 100
                        100 – 79 = 21
                        Differences = 5+2 = 7
                        21 / 7 = 3 wrong answers
                        20 – 3 =17 correct answers

                        Check: 17 x 5 = 85
                        3 x 2 = 6
                        85 -6=79

                        Q8)

                        Assuming all coins are 50cents
                        38 x 50cents = $19
                        19 – 13.60 = 5.40
                        Differences = 50-20= 30cents
                        5.4/ 0.3 = 18 20cents
                        38 – 18 = 20 50cents
                        Ratio : 18 : 20
                        9: 10

                        i am stuck for Q1,4,9,
                        Tianshu, can help? thks!

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