Q&A - P3 Math

[jass]

Dear all


I am having problem with my girl who is in p3. Her teacher uses onsponge and to me, it is tough.

With all the models, required to be drawn, I dont think i can assist her in any way.

How do you parents handle, why are you able to answer the questions?
Are there books out there that can teach parents like me?

Sigh. I feel hopeless. and she has 10questions from problemsum.com daily, or 50 per week.

Should I engage a school teacher tutor for her? Is that the way to go? She is now having maths tuition with science combined, with 2 other boys at Formation.

THanks in advance.

[kwcllf]

jass:

Dear all


I am having problem with my girl who is in p3. Her teacher uses onsponge and to me, it is tough.

With all the models, required to be drawn, I dont think i can assist her in any way.

How do you parents handle, why are you able to answer the questions?
Are there books out there that can teach parents like me?

Sigh. I feel hopeless. and she has 10questions from problemsum.com daily, or 50 per week.

Should I engage a school teacher tutor for her? Is that the way to go? She is now having maths tuition with science combined, with 2 other boys at Formation.

THanks in advance.

I understand your predicament as I faced the same problems with my kid when he was at P3. No choice lah, we parents have also to re-learn so that we can help our kids with the maths problem sums.

Using models will help the child to visualise although it is not always easy to construct the models. Personally, using Units method is more efficent but when the kids are young, they may not be able to comprehend so easily. So, must step-by-step, sigh....!
I have another girl in P3 now and I found a book at Popular that teaches them how to solve using models. They will provide all the answers at the back of the book and I feel it is quite helpful to expose them to the different questions.

I used it to drill her during the June school holidays. I can't remember the name/author of the book. I will post back if I can remember to check when I go back home tonight. Good luck!

[jass]

Thank you so much!


yes i need to learn so i can teach.

please help me to check the name of the book, i will get it tomorrow and start drilling myself before i can even help her.

thanks again!

[kwcllf]

jass:

Thank you so much!


yes i need to learn so i can teach.

please help me to check the name of the book, i will get it tomorrow and start drilling myself before i can even help her.

thanks again!

Primary 3

Must know Maths Problem Sums and Model Methods

Author is Yeo Fook Shiong

[SAHM Chew]

I face the same problem too. My boy is also in p3 now, and what i do is to read thr the pages here from page 1. There are a lot of questions here with answers n models. After that, i will use the same questions and ask my boy to try it.


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kwcllf:

jass:

Dear all

I am having problem with my girl who is in p3. Her teacher uses onsponge and to me, it is tough.

With all the models, required to be drawn, I dont think i can assist her in any way.

How do you parents handle, why are you able to answer the questions?
Are there books out there that can teach parents like me?

Sigh. I feel hopeless. and she has 10questions from problemsum.com daily, or 50 per week.

Should I engage a school teacher tutor for her? Is that the way to go? She is now having maths tuition with science combined, with 2 other boys at Formation.

THanks in advance.

I understand your predicament as I faced the same problems with my kid when he was at P3. No choice lah, we parents have also to re-learn so that we can help our kids with the maths problem sums.

Using models will help the child to visualise although it is not always easy to construct the models. Personally, using Units method is more efficent but when the kids are young, they may not be able to comprehend so easily. So, must step-by-step, sigh....!
I have another girl in P3 now and I found a book at Popular that teaches them how to solve using models. They will provide all the answers at the back of the book and I feel it is quite helpful to expose them to the different questions.

I used it to drill her during the June school holidays. I can't remember the name/author of the book. I will post back if I can remember to check when I go back home tonight. Good luck!

[jass]

@kwcllf thanks for taking the effort to remember to check for me. really appreciate.


@SAHM Chew i swallow saliva when i read your comments. there are 187 pages. *swallowing ... the price to pay as a parent

btw my girl said something today. she dislikes homework and why wouldn't the school consider extending the hours to full day so they could finish all work in class and get questions answered, confusion clarified.

deep down in my heart, i also wonder why sch's so much tougher now.

well, i have to buck up and work on myself in order to help her.

thanks again for your help! gonna get the books tmr. :xedfingers:

[kwcllf]

jass:

@kwcllf thanks for taking the effort to remember to check for me. really appreciate.


@SAHM Chew i swallow saliva when i read your comments. there are 187 pages. *swallowing ... the price to pay as a parent

btw my girl said something today. she dislikes homework and why wouldn't the school consider extending the hours to full day so they could finish all work in class and get questions answered, confusion clarified.

deep down in my heart, i also wonder why sch's so much tougher now.

well, i have to buck up and work on myself in order to help her.

thanks again for your help! gonna get the books tmr. :xedfingers:

The book stated PRIMARY 3 on the cover. Not sure whether there are higher levels for the same series. Make sure you get the Primary 3 book.

[allcc6]

The sugar in the shop was sold in 200-g and 50-g packets. Mrs Tan realised that if she were to buy the 200-g packets, she will buy 15 fewer such packets than if she were to buy the 50-g packets. What was the minimum amount of sugar that Mrs Tan need to buy?


Other than listing method, is there any other method to solve this?

[MathIzzzFun]

allcc6:

The sugar in the shop was sold in 200-g and 50-g packets. Mrs Tan realised that if she were to buy the 200-g packets, she will buy 15 fewer such packets than if she were to buy the 50-g packets. What was the minimum amount of sugar that Mrs Tan need to buy?


Other than listing method, is there any other method to solve this?

Hi

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or the difference concept:

200g = 4 x 50g --> every 200g packet bought = 3 fewer 50g packets
15/3 = 5 --> 5 x 200 g packets = 1 kg sugar

cheers.

[SAHM Chew]

I started early this yr and there were around 15x pages. I took 3 months to read through most of the questions. Yap, it is the price to pay when we are concerned about our kids.

jass:

@kwcllf thanks for taking the effort to remember to check for me. really appreciate.

@SAHM Chew i swallow saliva when i read your comments. there are 187 pages. *swallowing ... the price to pay as a parent

btw my girl said something today. she dislikes homework and why wouldn't the school consider extending the hours to full day so they could finish all work in class and get questions answered, confusion clarified.

deep down in my heart, i also wonder why sch's so much tougher now.

well, i have to buck up and work on myself in order to help her.

thanks again for your help! gonna get the books tmr. :xedfingers: