Archive | February, 2013

2013 March Holiday Program

27 Feb

Coming Up: March Holiday Classes, 18 to 22 March (Mon – Fri)

Look out for PSLE A* Achievers, SMOPS, NMOS, Problem Solving Heuristics, MOT, IQ Math, Science …

Dear parents and pupils,

Term 1 is almost ending. The March school holiday is a new season to take stock of our learning and preparation for the new term. We are conducting classes to boost up your skills and knowledge. There is an Early Bird Discount Scheme, do take advantage of it.

Programme Highlights:

PSLE A* Achievers class is suitable for all P6 pupils who are taking PSLE Math this year. We aim to equip pupils with effective methods to solve complex math problems.

We train pupils in higher-order thinking skills and teach them multiple approaches in handling challenging questions.

This March holiday, we are going to build up pupils’ confidence and help them watch out for common mistakes. They do need to cut down on carelessness to bring up results.


Advanced Math Skills will be taught in SMOPS and NMOS classes so higher ability pupils can be stretched beyond their level.

Having a group of innovative and agile thinkers makes teaching and learning an energetic experience for both trainer and pupils. For pupils who are easily bored by the same drill in math, here they get to be challenged and engaged in learning many useful skills and knowledge ahead of their peers.

For current P4 and P5 pupils, we are doing Problem Solving Heuristics. I do think that it is important for pupils to spend an intensive period during the March school break, to focus on building up a strong foundation in problem solving heuristics skills.

It is needful to take time to clarify pupils’ mis-conceptions and clear their doubts in active classroom discussions. Heuristics skills taught will help them to tackle the long questions in Booklet B.

The younger ones can join our IQ Math classes and MOT program. For IQ Math, concepts are taught in an active and concrete manner through quizzes, puzzles, games and a variety of hands-on activities.

In MOT, we conduct lessons with interactive slides that capture the attention of pupils so they can enjoy the learning process more.

P4 & P5 Science classes are meant to be active and experiential learning. The Science program from Science Hub is known for its effective and well-designed contents. Many pupils have benefited from it.

*If you need P6 Science, give us a call because we are doing a special class.

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Questions from Uriel

24 Feb

1.         Mdm Choo buys a carton of orange juice.  Her husband drinks 1/4  of the orange juice in the carton while her children share the remaining orange juice.  If each child drinks 1/8 of the orange juice in the carton, how many children does she have?

2.         Jovan collected 84 country erasers and ice-cream sticks.  After giving away 18 country erasers, there were 5/6  as many country erasers as ice-cream sticks left.  How many country erasers did Jovan collect?

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3.         At a car park, the ratio of the number of cars to the number of vans was 5 : 2.  The ratio of the number of vans to the number of motorcycles was 3 : 5.

(a) What was the ratio of the number of cars to the number of vans to the number of motorcycles at the car park?

(b) After 126 cars drove off, 1/3 of the remaining vehicles at the car park were cars.  How many vehicles remained at the car park?

4.         Howard has $m.  His brother has 4 times as much money as him and has $28 more than his sister.

(a) Find, in terms of m, the amount of money Howard’s sister has.

(b) If m = 12, how much money does Howard’s sister have?

Please click the following link for suggested solutions: Questions from Uriel 24.02.13

Questions from Cheyenne

22 Feb

1.     Kenneth had some money at first.  After he spent 1/3 of his money on a bag, his father gave him $12 more.  He then spent 1/3 of what he had on a book.  After his sister had given him another $5, he had $57 left. How much money did Kenneth have at first?

2.    The figure below is made up of one rectangle and two triangles.  1/4 of the rectangle is covered by Triangle A and 1/3 of the rectangle is covered by Triangle B.  3/8 of Triangle A and 1/4 of Triangle B is out of the rectangle.  What fraction of the area of the figure is the area of the rectangle not covered by the two triangles?  Give your answer in its simplest form.


3.   The square below is divided into 5 parts as shown.


The areas of A and B are in the ratio of 1 : 4.  The areas of C, D and E are in the ratio of 3 : 8 : 4.

(a) What fraction of the square is part D?

(b) Part B is bigger than Part E by 32 m2.  Find the area of half of the square.

Please click the following link for suggested solutions: Questions from Cheyenne 22.02.13

Questions from Mrs Low

16 Feb

1.        Ann and Ben have some beads. If Ann gives Ben 30 beads, both will have the same number of beads. If Ben gives Ann 30 beads, the ratio of Ann’s beads to that of Ben will be 3 : 1. How many beads has Ann?




2.        Carl and Don had some money. 50% of Carl’s money is $450 more than 1/5 of Don’s money. If they had a total of $3490, how much had Carl?

Please click the following link for suggested solutions: Questions from Mrs Low 16.02.13

Questions from Xue En

8 Feb

Q1.     Jill had a book. She found that 723 digits were used to number the pages of the book. How many pages were there in the book?

Q2.     Study the series of patterns below and answer the questions that follow.


(b) Which series has a total of 169 squares?

Q3.     A red pole is 3/5 m long.  A blue pole is 1/6  as long as the red pole.  A yellow pole is 1/20  m longer than the blue pole.  Find the total length of the three poles.

(Give your answer in the simplest form.)

Q4.     Ryan had 21 packets of green and red marbles altogether.  There were 56 marbles in each packet.  The ratio of the number of green marbles to the number of red marbles was 2 : 5.  He repacked all the green and red marbles separately into packets of 15.

(a) How many red marbles were there?

(b) How many green marbles were left over after repacking?

Please click the following link for suggested solutions: Questions from Xue En 08.02.13

Questions from Cheyenne

3 Feb

Q1.     A cubical container A has edge 2 cm while another cubical container B has edge 4 cm.  What is the ratio of the volume of container A to the volume of container B?  Give your answer in its simplest form.

Q2.     In the diagram below, not drawn to scale, y = 55°.  If the size of x is 3 times the size of y, find z.


Q3.     In the figure, not drawn to scale, ABCD is a rhombus and BCE and CDE are isosceles triangles.  BCD = 100° and DCE = 124°.  Find ABE.


Q4.     Vivien, Megan and Beatrice were selling cupcakes for a fund-raising event.  Each cupcake cost $2.  Vivien sold half of all the cupcakes.  Megan and Beatrice sold the remaining cupcakes in the ratio 3 : 1.  Vivien sold 36 more cupcakes than Beatrice.  What was the total amount of money the three girls collected?

Please click the following link for suggested solutions: Questions from Cheyenne 01.02.13