cindy

i was surfing the net and found this interesting website.

http://prischoolmaths.blogspot.com/

wow wow wow. primary school children are dealing with such high level of thinking questions nowaday.

i had my PSLE in the year  2001. now its 2009.

eight years. how time passes, people changes and expectations rises.

practical society, moving world.

some examples of the questions.

Percentage

http://prischoolmaths.blogspot.com/search/label/Percentage

Qn1: Tom had $144 more than Ali at first. After Tom spent 25% of his money and Ali spent 1/3 of his money, Tom had $122 more than Ali. How much did Tom have at first?

Ans: $312

Qn2: Ben had 40% more cards than Hugo. After Ben bought another 25% more cards, he had 225 cards more than Hugo. How many card did Ben have in the end?

Ans: 525 cards

Qn3: On the first day of camp, there were 540 more boys than girls. On the second day,  20% of the boys left the camp and the number of girls increased by 10%. If there were 2047 students at the end of the second day, how many students were there at the camp on the first day?

Ans: 2240 students on the first day

Qn4: Azman had 25% more marbles than Chongfu. Chongfu had 60% more marbles than Bala. During a game, Azman and Bala lost some marbles to Chongfu in the ratio 3:1. In the end, Azman and Bala had 780 and 480 marbles left respectively. How many marbles did Azman have at first?

Ans: 1320 marbles at first

as you can see, thats just one topic on percentage; can you imagine the rest of paper including other challenging topics like fractions, speed, volumes, rates..

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