A snail is climbing up a tree trunk. For every 5 cm that it climbs, it slips down 1.5 cm. It takes 3 seconds to climb 1 cm and 2 seconds to slip 1 cm. What is the distance it can climb in 6 minutes? ——————— This week we would like to share an interesting […]
John and Peter share some money in the ratio 2:5. If Peter gives John $60, both of them will have the same amount of money. How much money do they have altogether? ——————— Ratio is a new topic introduced in P5. Thus it is certain that in this coming SA2, Ratio heuristic problem sums will […]
Yenni’s watch was 25 minutes slow. The clock on the wall was 15 minutes fast. After Yenni took 3h 55min to finish reading her book, the clock was showing 13 45. What time on the watch did Yenni begin reading her book? ———————— There are 3 broad ways problem sums involving time can be tested: […]
I am thinking of a 4-digit even number. The digit in the ones place is 6 more than the digit in the thousands place. The digit in the tens place is 3 times the value of the digit in the thousands place. What is the smallest possible number? ——————– Forming Numbers: This is one of […]
Anna had 48 stalks of flowers in a basket. 1⁄3 of them were roses and the rest were lilies and daisies. There were 4 more lilies than daisies. How many daisies should Anna buy such that the number of daisies would be 1⁄2 of the total number of flowers in the basket? ——————– This week’s […]
Anna bought some highlighters, pens and mechanical pencils. 1/4 of them were highlighters. The number of pens she bought was 6 more than 1/2 the total number of all the items and the remaining items were mechanical pencils. Each of the highlighters, pens and mechanical pencils cost $2.10, $4.05 and $1.60 respectively. She spent a […]
There are 2 teams of members at a fast food restaurant. Team G has 30 more members than Team H. Each member in Team G prepares 4 burgers in 1 minute while each member in Team H only prepares 3 burgers in 1 minute. In 1 hour, both teams prepare 36 600 burgers altogether. How […]
Speed is the topic most Primary 6 students find challenging as the thought process required to solve these speed questions are very different from the topics students have been accustomed to from Primary 1 to Primary 5. Although speed questions appear to be challenging, they are in fact pretty standard and can be categorised into […]
This weeks question involves the concept – Grouping by Quantity and Value. This sort of Question may seem very familiar to most P5 and P6 students, as it is one of the most commonly tested types on questions in exams. Typical grouping questions are very easily identified, due to the fact that they are all […]
This weeks question involves the concept – Internal Proportion Transfer that begins with a difference. This concept is one that many students may find challenging when faced with them. Proportion Transfer is known to be one of the most challenging concepts, due to the plethora of ways Proportion Transfer can be tested. At PSLEMath, we […]
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