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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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        MathIzzzFun
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        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
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              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
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                Thanks ! Can provide the answers as well ?

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                  chloecube
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                  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
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                    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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                        tianzhu
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                        chloecube:

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

                        Please see this earlier solution for a similar question.It should help to answer 1 and 4.

                        Best wishes

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