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2020 PSLE Mathematics Percentage Question
Can your P6 child solve this PSLE Mathematics Percentage question? Get your child to have a go at it before watching the video solution. Jamie and Oliver used $61.20 each to buy some tarts. Jamie has a 15% discount coupon and bought 6 more tarts than Oliver. (a) How...
She sells sea shells on the sea shore
'Tis Joyous Learning English
PSLE 2021- The Real Reasons (Pt. 1)
It's official now. The T-score system will be replaced by the Achievement Levels (ALs) system. It seems heated debates have been erupting across Singapore about whether the change will actually reduce stress on students (and their parents). That is understandable...
The tree diagram: Opening up your mind to mathematical possibilities.
'Tis Joyous Learning Maths
PSLE 2021 – Square versus Round (Pt. 2)
A well rounded individual describes a person who has varied interests. For a student, whose full time occupation is studying, being well rounded means having interests outside of pure academic work. These 'outside' interests could be anything from sports to the arts,...
PSLE 2021 – Reconciling Ends With Means (Final Pt. 3)
At the PSLE level, the singular practical importance of scoring well is to raise one's chances of securing admission into a secondary school of one's choice. The higher one's PSLE score, the better one's chances are. This is the heart of the issue. And because the...
English Comprehension – Fair versus Unfair Inference Questions
Poorly set comprehension questions are often landmines for heated arguments between the question-setter and the indignant comprehension-doer. Don't land yourself in hot soup by setting inference questions that are irreverent of actual content in the comprehension...
Newton would approve
'Tis Joyous Learning Science
A Case for The Thinking Writer
Why do many students dread Composition? This, is a question worth asking, considering Composition is one of the few components in the PSLE English paper where students have a chance to express a little bit of creativity. The answer could lie in the way Composition is...
Maths-up before your next McDonald’s visit (part 2)
This is how the prices look like: I steal a furtive glance behind me. The coast is no clear - no impatient customers peeping over my shoulder. I make it My mission in life, at least for the next 5 minutes, to find the most cost-efficient way to place my order....
Maths-up before your next McDonald’s visit (part 1)
It's 9:25 pm and I haven't had dinner yet. I've just spent the better part of the last hour discussing with Mr Sim about how melting ice affects the level of water in a container. It's for one of the questions he's setting concerning volume. No, it's not for Science,...
Maths-up before your next McDonald’s visit (part 3)
Time to reassess my objective. What I'm really interested in is the cheapest way to place my order. That means what I should be focusing on at this point is the price discrepancy among the different combos, rather than the absolute total amount. With this in mind, I...