How are your grades?

Hey guys(to P6s'15), it's been a while since I posted and I know that you guys have just received your PSLE results not long ago!

If your score is around or better than  your expectations, then CONgratS!!! But, if your score is not what you expected or you are disappointed at your tee-score, do not feel discouraged-it's over, you can't do anything to change it. 

The point is if you had tried your best, put in all your hard work into studying for the PSLE, then you have already done a good job! :) [btw, just for encouragement, PSLE results are not the end of studying journey. You have a longer way to go and excel :-) ]

Now, many of you are thinking,contemplating which school to get into. Do look through the PSLE booklet for schools that shows the tee-score and details of each and every secondary schools in Singapore. With that, you will have a better idea of which school is more appropriate for you. 

Actually, the Math in Secondary 1 could be easier for some of you. The methods used to solve the problems are not that complicated. HAHa. (mostly Algebra)


BYEEEE

Start to buck up and Study!

Hey guys...

It's term 1 to 2015 and how are  you guys doing? Are you able to cope well with your studies?
CCA? Tuition ? Enrichment?etc etc......

The first quarter of the year is already coming to an end and soon you will be sitting for you PSLE near the third to fourth quarter of this year. Soon, please help yourself to summarise and revise everything that you had been learning in this term and do many practice papers on Math and obviously also other subjects during the March Holidays. Try to keep  yourself occupied with these 4 subjects and do not rest on your laurels as I had said earlier on.

Sadly, there seem to be no one posting their questions on my blog and I can't possibly answer them . So if you are reading this post of mine , please post the difficult questions that you face  on my blog in the comments. And as soon as I see them , I will try my best to answer. No harm for you guys so yea....


Bye
Mathwaytogo
8.3.15
12.13pm

How is school lately?

Dear P6s of 2015... It is already the end of Week 4 of the New Term ? Are homework piling in ? Are you starting to feel stressed out and already start complaining about the amount of homework you are facing everyday ? Do you have complaints like I do not have any free time now! Why is there so much homework? Can't the teachers give us a break? 

 

If you have those , don't worry! I do that too and I suppose most people do that when it comes to the critical year- P6... The best is to list down your homework for the day on a paper, and tick it when it's done... You should do your homework systematically. If that certain piece of homework is very challenging , you many choose to do others before coming back to that difficult piece of work... With that, you had actually already completed others which is really good! :) 

 

Do not procrastinate in doing those homework...thinking that PSLE is still months away...   Revise the topics that you have learnt now and so it will be a breeze when you revise them later near the PSLE date... 

                                 ANTI -STRESSSSSSS 

Mathwaytogo

5.04pm

1-29-15

A new year-2015

It's been a while since I started blogging... Already 3 days into the new year ... Sorry for the late greetings! But wishing you a Happy New Year! I wish each and everyone of you good health and above-happiness for the year ahead of us . I hope this year would be a better and more pleasant one for everyone...


STAY CHEERFUL AND HAPPY!


This year is the PSLE year for the P6s... To you , it may seem as if it's only the start of the year and you will not need to start preparing ... As I had undergone the PSLE and went through that whole year, I feel that I should had start preparing since the start of school . I only felt the anxiety when PSLE was just two months away ... Like in July. In July, I started to panic, feeling very anxious. I have not studied the Math strategies, the compositions method , oral practices and many stuff... Since then, everyday , I studied strategically. Maybe like everyday one topic on each subject or component.  I gave myself rest time too . (Every 1h of studying , I will go out for a breather for like maybe 10-15mins ) It will not be as good to stuff so many things in your mind during that 2 months or so. Hence, my advice to all P6s this year - Please start revising regularly now. Especially the chapters and topics you have learnt in P4 and 5.


 Do not procrastinate and also if you can make timetables for yourself and include suitable rest times. Do not store everything in your brain just thinking that that will help you. Instead, these method will make you back-fire. You will instead miss out the points that you tried to memorise. Remember notes by using your background knowledge of that subject and not memorise it without actually knowing it.


OK?


Mathwaytogo
2.33pm
1/3/15

Strategies to solve a sum(2)

Use before and after concept

Compare the situation before and after the problem is solved. Sometimes the differences(or a specific difference can shed light on the cause and lead to a possible solution.

Use guess and check

Make an educated guess of the answer and check to see if it is correct. Use the knowledge gained from testing an incorrect guess to improve the next guess. It is important to avoid making wild guesses. Track the guesses made and look for patterns to improve the next guess.

Make suppositions

Study the data given and make suppositions(assumptions without proof) about some aspects of the problem to form the basis for further thinking. This reduces the number of possibilities and makes it easier to explore the problem further.

Restate the problem in another way

Read the problem carefully and restate it in the child's own words. This helps the child understand the problem and identify important factors of the problem.

Simplify the problem 

Make a difficult problem simpler. This can be done by changing complex numbers to simple numbers or by reducing the number of things in the problem. The solution he the simplified problem may help the child solve the original problem.

Solve part of the problem

Split a complex problem into smaller parts and solve the simpler part first

Starting anew

Hey guys...

Times passes by soooo fast and it's already the 9th of DECEMBER !!! AHhh ... My last post was like the 13th of November... More than a month have passed and it is nearing the end of the year of the horse-2014.

Every new year will be a fresh new year ... There will be things whereby you change and start anew... striving to be a better person... changing your bad ways... and of course etc... Everyone is special so every year is special to every single one of you no matter you age, gender, background and etc...

THE NEXT YEAR-2015

This marks a new year and everyone start a fresh .  The December holidays are nearing to an end... With only about less than a month to School re-open. Most of you I say will continue on your elementary studies and move on to the next level or so... Congratulations to all for escalating and improving each and every year!!!The line to success is hence NEARER!!! :P XD... Lol

Remember... Study and Play hard...

Have you not forgotten this quote? All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. XD

Sooo... Yea




Bye! Remember to utilise this remaining holidays wisely and not just whiling your precious time away!


BYE!


Mathwaytogo
9.12.2014
11.06pm

Relaxation time

Wow... I guess most of you are looking forward to the upcoming long holidays! Time passes by sooooo fast and now is already the last quarter of the year. It's time to go on a stay-cation or a holiday at other countries or just relax at home- watch tv, eat snacks, read books, do exercises, and etc...

It is good and important to relax. Relaxing helps to unwind and rejuvenate yourself after accomplishing much things in this tough and difficult year-2014.  Different things happened to different people. There would be ups and downs whereby these things much affect your feelings positively and negatively respectively. This is LIFE!  Meeting obstacles is so frequent that sometimes you may be thinking : Why am I so useless? Can I just give up? Oh my gosh!!! What is happening to me! Wash away these negative thoughts and just focus on 'forwarding'.  

When is time for you to relax, please do it properly. Do not make the worries in your mind disturb you during this pleasant time. Close your eyes and forget about all the anxieties!!! 

Many of us, I guess MOST of us worry much about our exam results. For instance, especially when you feel stressed or pressurized by somebody or something. Perhaps, you need to meet a certain standard  if not you will not get a reward of whatever. No matter the results , so long as you know you had studied hard and tried your best, DO NOT WORRY!!!  Exams are just minor challenges you face in your entire life. So, not to worry. Nevertheless, STUDY HARD AND not to rest on your laurels as I had mentioned before.

Bye!

Mathwaytogo

5.47pm

13th November '14

Good way to study

Hey guyssss,



The December holidays are drawing near (in about 2 weeks time)  and it's time for you to recharge!!! The holidays allow you to sleep late and wake up later than usual but please keep track about your  time and control yourself!!! REMEMBER!!!! STUDY!!! ...

Importantly, you must make rest intervals between your regulated study times. Without this, you will not be able to remember what you had just put into your mind. Instead, if you squeeze everything into your mind, you will forget them!!! That is worse!!!

If possible , make a timetable for yourself. Make a schedule so you would want to do things in a certain time frame without wasting precious time. REST...

Byeee! and gd nite...

Mathwaytogo
02-Nov-14
10.25PM

Useful advice

Hey guyssss,


I've  been coping with my own stuff lately and was unable to update my blog. So sorry ! For now , I would like to ask you if you have been coping with your  math well . Is it easy? I hope so!

Again, for the P5s , next year is your PSLE ! Study hard ! I must say that to get full marks for Math is really possible. However, there are still people who have not got the hang of solving Math sums . If you are one of them, I advise you to buck up now!

Grab this opportunity NOW! Please use the December holidays to try out the new Math sums for the topics in P6. Train yourself for all the different types of useful methods which can be adapted for many challenging questions. Do not rest on your laurels once you think that you know everything. Everyday is a learning opportunity. Do not waste it! Memorise and understand the solutions to the mind-boggling sums.

Needless to say, also study your other subjects- English, Science and Mother Tongue.  They are equally important.

Graph

Graphs are just testing you on how well you can read them. It shows things clearly. Some questions include graphs to give you a more vivid information.

Now, try this question!

 

It's easy, isn't it?

a)125
b)Mar/March


The previous question was a line graph. Now, I am showing you an example of a pie chart. Reading pie graphs is not a worry too.You just need to take note of the hints and clues which are present in the question.
Try this!

The pie chart below shows the various types of  hobbies of the students. 65 students enjoy playing sports. The number of students who enjoy watching TV is 1/5 of the total number of students.

a)Find the total number of students

b)If students who like to read made up 30% of the student population and there are 26 less students who enjoy cooking than watching TV, how many percent was the number of students who enjoy cooking?

 Answer it NOW!!!!! 

Angles

Angles is a small topic. Some of its questions are easy but some are just challenging. As you are going from P4-P6, the type of angles questions will grow harder as you learn about more shapes.
Here is one simple angle question: TRY IT!

This is one of the basic angles question.
Straight line is 180°
180-95=85
90-53=37
37+85=122

Ans:122°

Pattern

Those who think that they are not very good at patterns, come look here immediately! Don't worry, with this method, solving pattern problems will be so EASY! Pattern questions usually have questions a) b) or even c).

Some questions are just like these: they give you a table and put a certain number of shapes in each figure. Then they may ask you how many of these shapes are there in figure ...
This is an eg of a simple pattern question.

So, for pattern questions,all you need to do is to find a pattern. The number of stars increased in each ascending figure. Increased by how many between the figures?
Figure 1--->3
Figure 2--->7
Figure 3--->11
There is an increase in 4 at every interval. Once you get this hint, use it!
Just remember this formula for this type of question.
FORMULA: Fig no. x every increase (interval) - a no. = no of unit shapes in the figure
So we'll use Figure 1 as an example:
Fig no. x every increase (interval) - a no. = no of unit shapes in the figure
 1x4-?=3
 ?=1
 Figure 2(using this formula)
 2x4-1=7!

After getting the formula for each question, solving pattern questions will be a breeze!

The answer:
a)15x4-1=59
b)Work backwards. Instead of minusing 1,add 1. Instead of times 4 , divide 4 .
  2219+1=2220
  2220/4=555

Ans:a)59 stars
       b)Pattern no.555

 

Is math interesting?

Maths is definitely interesting. However,first of all you must know this subject well in order to appreciate numbers and make maths interesting. Math is very important subject. Don't you agree ? Because you need math for almost everything.
Below are the examples which states:
All this are Maths
-When you need to pay the money to the cashier,you need to count.
- Maybe, your mum asks you to buy 15 apples from the supermarket. You also need to count!
- If you are a salesperson and your shop is having a sale, you also need to calculate how much discount to give. But still, you have to earn a profit. Eg a percentage % discount
- For instance, you have a certain amount of money to buy things. You also need to count and deduct the money you have and save them for the more important items you need to purchase.
- You will be able to read the time efficiently and quickly.

       And there are much much much much much more!

This certainly shows that maths is so important! 

Studying

So PSLE is an entry examination to a secondary school. Of course, it tests you on the knowledge you have grabbed hold of in the past 6 years ( mainly from P4-P6) .

Many would say that this exam is very important and all the P6s must study very hard to compete with one another. Is this entirely true? To me, it's a NO. The vital points you must have to excel are to listen attentively in class, do your work diligently and make the mistakes you have made a lesson to learn. If you study very hard but do not listen in class, then what's the point? Every word your teacher says should be taken in.

STUDYING 

Studying is the process whereby you read through and understand a certain subject or topic. My advice to you is to study only what is in your syllabus. Do not over study! Sometimes you may think having  more  knowledge than the rest will give you a better advantage . This can be an advantage for you but not all the time . Hence you should  go deeper in the insights of the topic( if you want ) only after you finish studying the topics in your syllabus .

This is an example :

For instance, you know that digestive juice are added at the stomach and small intestine . Nevertheless,you need not know in depth about what else are added and what ' things' are inside the digestive enzymes. Be straight to the point! Remember, this exam is seeing what you have learnt so far and not trying to make you feel nervous and afraid. Ok?

Formulas

Circles
Perimeter--->π x diameter of circle
Area       --->π x radius x radius 
Diameter is 2 times the radius of the same circle.

Speed

Use the table above to solve any speed questions.
D--->Distance 
S--->Speed
T--->Time
SxT=D(IMPORTANT!!!!!)

New topics in P6

The most critical year out of your entire primary school life is of course Primary Six- when you sit for the Primary School Leaving Examination. From P5 to P6 , there isn't much change but of course there still is! 
Math
-Algebra
-Nets
-Circle
-Speed

Algebra is a very useful method. You can use it to solve different types of questions. Each letter you use will represent the unknown. Magically, using Algebra, the unknown will turn into KNOWN!

Here is a simple question:
 10e+15-5e-7=?
Break them up into groups of e and whole number. 
There are 10e-5e=5e
and 15-7=8
So the answer is 5e+8! 

I used Algebra for Q1 (Renee and Lucy )
It is useful and efficient! Learn Algebra now!!!
  



Nets
Actually, for nets, you just have to memorise and visualise the different type of nets to form a 3D figure. 
The figures include:
-Cube
-Cuboid
-Pyramid
-Prism
-Cylinder
...


Circles
This topic is quite challenging but if you get the hang of it, then it's easy!!!

π=3.14  /  22/7 
In some questions , they will ask you to write your answer in terms of π or in terms of the calculator value of π. They can indicate in the question the value of π .
eg π=3.14
or π =22/7

The equation to find the perimeter and area of a circle states:
Perimeter---> π x diameter of circle
 Area      --->π x radius of circle x radius of circle 


eg:

Strategies to solve a sum (1)

Act it out
Take on the role of the people,things or process in the problem and try to do what the do. It may sometimes be helpful to make use of objects to represent the situation or problem.


Use a diagram/model
 Draw a diagram/model to create a pictorial description of the problem. Thia helps you to visualise and understand the problem. It also helps you to 'manipulate' the data.

Make a systematic list(guess & check)
Organise the data. Make a table. This helps you to identify and spot the unknown asked for in the problem.

Look for a pattern(pattern questions)
Examine the available data for patterns or relationships. Having perceived a pattern, you can predict or guess the unknown data or answer.

Work backwards
Look at the end results and work backwards towards the beginning. This is good for problems involving a series of steps or computations. It is also when the problem gives more data about the end condition and little data in the beginning.   
 
  

Different math methods

Use these methods especially those who are in P5  this year we taking the PSLE next year-2015.

This will be the first and small milestone in the part of your whole life. This national exam will determine the secondary school you will go to. So pull up your socks and strive for the best!



Here are some methods you may use:
-Model
-Branch/Branch down
-Ratio
-Equal fractions
-Cross Multiply
-Assumption
-Guess & Check

and of course many more you will discover over the next few days!

Intro

Hey guysss,

This is MathwaytoGO!!!ok so I'm a P6 student. My strongest subject is math. Having just finished the recent PSLE, I decided to create this blog to help primary school students in their math. Hence, if you any any problems in a certain sum, do not hesitate but approach me! You just need to type out the question onto any comments space.  I'll try my best to help you.I'll also post some challenging questions periodically and you can try to answer them.

Don't worry for your maths! Most importantly, you just have to note down the various methods I'll will be teaching you in the following days. :)


                                                                                                                            MathwaytoGO!!!

I luv Maths

Math to start of, is a very interesting topic. Nonetheless, many students find it really challenging to do math due to the complexity, when in fact, the question though on the surface may seem tough, is in fact, not as tough as it is.

You just need to remember a few really useful methods which I will share with you over the days.

Do remember to share it with your friends and family if you find this blog useful.