Q&A - P3 Math

[lynntan15]

Steadyberry:

Grace baked 99 muffins. If Grace gives Jennifer 25 muffins, they will both have the same number of muffins.

The question stated \"IF\".

Meaning Grace never gvie Jennifer the 25 muffins.

Unless the question states \"AFTER\", then it will be included.

[mother777]

lynntan15:

Steadyberry:

Grace baked 99 muffins. If Grace gives Jennifer 25 muffins, they will both have the same number of muffins.

The question stated \"IF\".

Meaning Grace never gvie Jennifer the 25 muffins.

Unless the question states \"AFTER\", then it will be included.

Hi lynn,
thanks for coming to my rescue.. I had gone for lunch..had a nice phad thai and was lazy to check the forum..

yes you are correct. The if condition is just helping us to find the initial amount of muffins Jeniffer had..

Since this never happed, we will just use 49 pcs of muffins which she initially had to calculate the amount she will receive..

Hope this explanation helps..

[Steadyberry]

Hi mother777, lynntan15


Thank you very much for the explaination.

[mother777]

You are most welcome, my daughter is also p3 this year.. So am also learning maths along with her

[Steadyberry]

mother777:

You are most welcome, my daughter is also p3 this year.. So am also learning maths along with her

Hi mother777

Yr dd is in p3 too. No wonder I saw you in p3 science thread. You will see me very often in the q&a p3 threads.

[mother777]

Ha ha ha ok.. Lets help each other then. No tuition for dd except Chinese this year.. All other subjects are taught by me and hubby at home..


So have to teach myself first before teaching her

[raghupavithra]

i want top school question papers.i dont want online websites. so many of them sell . which one is good

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[mars69]

Need help please…


A man is 4 times the age of his son. 4 years ago, the man was 6 times the age of his son. What are the ages of the man and his son?

Still stuck on algebra…

[Garfieldpal]

mars69:

Need help please....


A man is 4 times the age of his son. 4 years ago, the man was 6 times the age of his son. What are the ages of the man and his son?

Still stuck on algebra....

Let x years old be the age of his son.

The man's age will be 4x years old.

Four years ago, the son's age is (x-4) years old.

Hence the man's age is 6*(x-4) = (6x-24) years old.

Form an equation with the man's current age and his age 4 years ago.

You should get:

6x-24+4 = 4x

2x-20 = 0

x = 10

The son's age is 10 years old and the man's age is 40 years old.

I don't remember primary three math to be so complicated.

[mars69]

Thanks, but I need help with modeling for this question. I’m still stuck in algebra days, so can’t help my kid with models…