Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Week 9's Challenge (LMS)
1) There are 16 rows of seats in a school hall.
There are 75 seats in the last row.
If there is an increase of 3 seats, starting from the first row,
how many seats are there in the first row?
(Hint: Create a table)
2) A number is added to 6.
The sum is then multiplied by 6.
6 is again subtracted from the product.
When the difference is divided by 6, the result is still 6.
What is the number? (Hint: Working backwards)
3) On Monday, half of the total number of books were loaned out.
Another 87 books were loaned out the next day.
There were only 43 books left in the library.
How many books were there in the library at first?
4) Mary and Susan had $60 altogether.
If Mary gave Susan $12 and Susan gave Mary $10,
Mary would have three times as much money as Susan.
How much money did Mary have at first?
5) The places of birth of Cindy, Peter and Ali
are Singapore, Malaysia and China,
but not in that order.
Cindy has never been to Singapore.
Peter was not born in Singapore.
Peter was not born in China.
Can you find out their places of birth?
(Hint: Use a table to sort out the information)
There are 75 seats in the last row.
If there is an increase of 3 seats, starting from the first row,
how many seats are there in the first row?
(Hint: Create a table)
2) A number is added to 6.
The sum is then multiplied by 6.
6 is again subtracted from the product.
When the difference is divided by 6, the result is still 6.
What is the number? (Hint: Working backwards)
3) On Monday, half of the total number of books were loaned out.
Another 87 books were loaned out the next day.
There were only 43 books left in the library.
How many books were there in the library at first?
4) Mary and Susan had $60 altogether.
If Mary gave Susan $12 and Susan gave Mary $10,
Mary would have three times as much money as Susan.
How much money did Mary have at first?
5) The places of birth of Cindy, Peter and Ali
are Singapore, Malaysia and China,
but not in that order.
Cindy has never been to Singapore.
Peter was not born in Singapore.
Peter was not born in China.
Can you find out their places of birth?
(Hint: Use a table to sort out the information)
Monday, August 11, 2008
LMS SCORE - Update (Till Week 7's Challenge)
Pupils who did not attempt
Week 5's Challenge - Yaowen and Shannon
Week 6's Challenge - Ra'uf, Almas, Celine, Claudia and Shannon
Week 7's Challenge - Beatrice, Emelyne and Jerrett
Week 8's Challenge (LMS)
Dear all, I have added some model drawings, tables and hints.
1) Josiah took 1 h 10 min to do his English homework.
He took 1/5 hour less to do his Science homework.
How long did he take to finish both of his homework?
Express the answer in minutes.
He took 1/5 hour less to do his Science homework.
How long did he take to finish both of his homework?
Express the answer in minutes.
2) Mr Ang had some sweets.
If he had given each pupil 2 sweets, he would have 70 sweets left over.
If he had given each pupil 4 sweets, he would need another 10 more sweets.
How many pupils are there in the class?
If he had given each pupil 2 sweets, he would have 70 sweets left over.
If he had given each pupil 4 sweets, he would need another 10 more sweets.
How many pupils are there in the class?
3) Mrs Tan made a profit of 50 cents for each cake she sold.
For every 20 cakes sold, she would get additional $4 from his employer.
How much money did she earn if she sold 336 cakes?
For every 20 cakes sold, she would get additional $4 from his employer.
How much money did she earn if she sold 336 cakes?
Hint1: You might need to create a table; make a list.
Hint 2: How many groups of 20 cakes are there in 336 cakes?
Hint 2: How many groups of 20 cakes are there in 336 cakes?
4) Mary earned $2 for each racket she sold.
She earned an extra $12 for every 25 rackets sold.
How many rackets must she sell in order to make $232?
Hint: Create a table; Make a list, and be sure to add $12 for every 25 rackets sold!
5) Michael had a salary of $900.
He saved 1/3 of his salary whereas his sister, Susan saved 3/4 of her salary.
If they saved the same amount of money, how much salary had Susan?
She earned an extra $12 for every 25 rackets sold.
How many rackets must she sell in order to make $232?
Hint: Create a table; Make a list, and be sure to add $12 for every 25 rackets sold!
5) Michael had a salary of $900.
He saved 1/3 of his salary whereas his sister, Susan saved 3/4 of her salary.
If they saved the same amount of money, how much salary had Susan?
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
GSPS National Day Celebration 2008 - Face Painting!!!!
Yoz! Check it out!
Don't come near me!!! I BITE!!! Haha!
Do you need any lucky number? Hee hee...
Hope to get many stars in coming SA2!!! Hee hee
Check out my beautiful smile! They are worth a million!
Can't you see I just love STARS???
Hee hee... that is my charming star!
I just love Singapore!!! Yay!
Who took my crescent and stars???
Hopefully my smile will be BROADER with the crescent! Hee hee...
I will be the next BIG STAR of Singapore!
Don't disturb!!! Painting in process...
Goodbye P4.7! I will miss all of you!
Do remember my beautiful smile!
Oh no!!! Mr Ang is here to take pictures of me again!
Careful, careful! Don't disfigure my handsome face!
Face it, I have the biggest STAR of all!!!!
It's me again! Hee hee... Guess what flag that is.. haha
I'm going to aim for double victory this year!!!
MASS DISFIGURING SESSION IN PROCESS!!! Haha!!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Week 7's Challenge (LMS)
1)Mr Tan bought a box of marbles. He put half of the marbles equally into 6 cans and the other half equally into 9 jars. There were 72 marbles in 2 cans and 3 jars altogether. How many marbles did he buy?
2)A table costs $260 more than a chair. The cost of 1 table and 8 chairs is $1034. Find the cost of the wardrobe if 2 such tables cost $558 less than the wardrobe.
3)Ali had 320 ducks and 240 chickens in his farm. He sold 60 ducks and bought some chickens. Then he had twice as many chickens as ducks. How many chickens did he buy?
4)Michael had $84 and Patrick had $132. Michael went shopping and spent some of his money. Then Patrick had three times as much money as what Michael had left. How much did Michael spend?
5)There are some red beads in box A and some green beads in box B. The total number of beads in both boxes is 55. When half of the beads in box A are transferred to box B, the number of beads in box B becomes 4 times as many as those in box A. Find the number of green beads.
2)A table costs $260 more than a chair. The cost of 1 table and 8 chairs is $1034. Find the cost of the wardrobe if 2 such tables cost $558 less than the wardrobe.
3)Ali had 320 ducks and 240 chickens in his farm. He sold 60 ducks and bought some chickens. Then he had twice as many chickens as ducks. How many chickens did he buy?
4)Michael had $84 and Patrick had $132. Michael went shopping and spent some of his money. Then Patrick had three times as much money as what Michael had left. How much did Michael spend?
5)There are some red beads in box A and some green beads in box B. The total number of beads in both boxes is 55. When half of the beads in box A are transferred to box B, the number of beads in box B becomes 4 times as many as those in box A. Find the number of green beads.
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