Compilation of all things math --- questions obtained via students' consultation, related math sites. * Do also check out my EduTech contributions at go.gov.sg/changcl
Monday, January 19, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
P5 Whole Numbers -- Addition of Series (1) (Fr CCL)
A. 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 7 + 8 + 9
B. 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 8 + 9 + 10
1. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ... + 2015
2. 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 ... + 2014
3. 4 + 7 + 10 + ... + 2017
B. 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 8 + 9 + 10
1. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ... + 2015
2. 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 ... + 2014
3. 4 + 7 + 10 + ... + 2017
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Thursday, January 1, 2015
P5 Fractions (fr Ranice)3
At first,Jonathan had 2/3 as many stamps as Kevan.After Jonathan bought another 8 stamps and Kevan lost 5 stamps,Jonathan now has 4/5 as many stamps as Kevan.Find the number of stamps Jonathan had at first.
P5 Fractions (fr Ranice)2
There were 32 tourists on a bus.2/5 of the men and 1/4 of the women were from Singapore.The total number of tourist who came from Singapore was 11.How many men came from Singapore?
P5 Fractions (fr Ranice)
2/5 of John's marbles is equal to 3/5of Michael's marbles.If John has 400 marbles more than Michael,how many marbles do both of them have?
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
P5 numbers, conditional (fr Ranice)
A tin of cookies is to be shared among some children.If each child gets 12 cookies,there will be a shortage of 25 cookies.If each child gets 10 cookies,there will be 7 cookies extra.How many cookies are there in the tin?
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
P5 Whole Numbers (fr: Ranice)3
Q3.
Mr Hua bought 40 packs of Christmas cards at the price of $12 per pack.He sent 30 of these cards to his friends and sold the rest at $3 each.If he made a profit of $270,find the number of Christmas cards in each pack.
Mr Hua bought 40 packs of Christmas cards at the price of $12 per pack.He sent 30 of these cards to his friends and sold the rest at $3 each.If he made a profit of $270,find the number of Christmas cards in each pack.
P5 Whole Numbers (fr: Ranice)2
Q2.
Jason bought 16 boxes of erasers at the price of $5 per box.He donated 120 erasers to an orphanage and sold the rest of the erasers at 70 cents each.If he made a profit of $60,find
(a)the number of erasers in each box
(b)the cost price of each eraser.
Jason bought 16 boxes of erasers at the price of $5 per box.He donated 120 erasers to an orphanage and sold the rest of the erasers at 70 cents each.If he made a profit of $60,find
(a)the number of erasers in each box
(b)the cost price of each eraser.
P5 Whole Numbers (fr: Ranice)
Q1.
May bought 25 packets of hairpins at the price of $8 per packet.She kept 50 hairpins for her own use and sold the rest of the hairpins at 20 cents each.If she made a profit of $40,find the number of hairpins in each packet.
May bought 25 packets of hairpins at the price of $8 per packet.She kept 50 hairpins for her own use and sold the rest of the hairpins at 20 cents each.If she made a profit of $40,find the number of hairpins in each packet.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Algebra (Fr CCL)
AB is a two-digit number. BA is the two-digit number with the 2 digits of AB interchanging position.
(i) Observe what happens when you perform AB - BA. Try different combinations of AB and BA.
(ii) Explain/proof (using Algebra or otherwise) why the results in (i) always turn out to be multiples of 9?
(i) Observe what happens when you perform AB - BA. Try different combinations of AB and BA.
(ii) Explain/proof (using Algebra or otherwise) why the results in (i) always turn out to be multiples of 9?
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
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