Worried parents taking children to psychologists

[toddles]

During CNY a parent bandied this Pri 2 qn about:


An 11 yr old little girl asked an older lady how old she was. Her reply "When you are my age I will be 35. So how old am I now?"

Short qn but no less difficult. Certainly requires a gd grasp of the english language!

the adults were twisting their heads around it… I managed to figure out the answer thru trial and error in a few mins… but without heuristics training I really wonder how I’m gonna teach my kid this… sigh.

[toddles]

Oppsgal:

I don't know how to get the answer... :oops:

algebra is fastest.

6x + 4x = 30.
10x = 30
x = 3

chickens = 6x = 18
ducks = 4x =12

[Nebbermind]

toddles:

During CNY a parent bandied this Pri 2 qn about:


An 11 yr old little girl asked an older lady how old she was. Her reply \"When you are my age I will be 35. So how old am I now?\"

Short qn but no less difficult. Certainly requires a gd grasp of the english language!

the adults were twisting their heads around it... I managed to figure out the answer thru trial and error in a few mins... but without heuristics training I really wonder how I'm gonna teach my kid this... sigh.

but if u draw the model, it'll be very clear.

[truffle]

silverhorse:

pinky:

[quote=\"truffle\"]Poor kids!!!Why make life so difficult for them!!

who ever set this kind of maths questions need to reflect!!! Is it nesscessary??

:mad: :mad:

the so called 'challenging' questions to further 'push' our kids to 'think out of the box' :siao:
understandable why kids are so stressed nowasdays :sad:

So at P1, the kids language skills and analytical skills have to be honed. If not, catch no ball.[/quote]By doing so, does it make our kids smarter?
Today's kids are the test bed of MOE’s experimentation system to excel.

i think a matter of time parents would need to seek treatment in IMH as well!!!! esp those having kid doing PSLE!!

[Oppsgal]

toddles:

Oppsgal:

I don't know how to get the answer... :oops:

algebra is fastest.

6x + 4x = 30.
10x = 30
x = 3

chickens = 6x = 18
ducks = 4x =12

You would still have to understand what :\"The number of chickens in each of the six baskets was equal to the number of ducks in each of the four baskets\" means?

:nailbite: P4 learning algebra?

[toddles]

Nebbermind:

toddles:

During CNY a parent bandied this Pri 2 qn about:


An 11 yr old little girl asked an older lady how old she was. Her reply \"When you are my age I will be 35. So how old am I now?\"

Short qn but no less difficult. Certainly requires a gd grasp of the english language!

the adults were twisting their heads around it... I managed to figure out the answer thru trial and error in a few mins... but without heuristics training I really wonder how I'm gonna teach my kid this... sigh.

but if u draw the model, it'll be very clear.

I donch know how. Donch like too. SIGH SIGH SIGH. have to go and learn all these model model back to sch when i have another method of solving it. parents need to be so WEI DA.

[Oppsgal]

Nebbermind:

toddles:

During CNY a parent bandied this Pri 2 qn about:


An 11 yr old little girl asked an older lady how old she was. Her reply \"When you are my age I will be 35. So how old am I now?\"

Short qn but no less difficult. Certainly requires a gd grasp of the english language!

the adults were twisting their heads around it... I managed to figure out the answer thru trial and error in a few mins... but without heuristics training I really wonder how I'm gonna teach my kid this... sigh.

but if u draw the model, it'll be very clear.

Erm... what's the answer?

[cherrygal]

The answer is 23. The lady is currently 23 yo. Rite? But I dunno how to use models.


11 + 12 = 23
23 + 12 = 35

[vicki]

Wah!! So difficult qns at that level har??


I don't know how to do the qns without using algebra!! :((

[newuser]

I ask my ds. He said 23. 35-11=24 . then he said 24÷2=12 then add by 11 which is 23.