PSLE exams.... what is it for???

[Wind30]

2019 PSLE question. I think this one is tough. i actually think it is super interesting.... but parents will go bonkers over how hard this is... which is stupid. 

Honestly, if you only do questions you know how to do, what is the point????

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by Wind30

[Playtime]

8 minutes ago, Wind30 said:

2019 PSLE question. I think this one is tough. i actually think it is super interesting.... but parents will go bonkers over how hard this is... which is stupid. 

Honestly, if you only do questions you know how to do, what is the point????

 

28?

[Ender]

11 minutes ago, Wind30 said:

2019 PSLE question. I think this one is tough. i actually think it is super interesting.... but parents will go bonkers over how hard this is... which is stupid. 

Honestly, if you only do questions you know how to do, what is the point????

 

This is tricky, but if the students is ableto see it as a block diagram in disguise  the solution is pretty easy.

[Wind30]

10 minutes ago, Ender said:

This is tricky, but if the students is ableto see it as a block diagram in disguise  the solution is pretty easy.

the solution is so simple that is what make the question so good. I mean even a primary 1 children can do it if he can think of the solution. So clever question. 

Removed spoiler 

Edited October 5, 2021 by Wind30

[Ender]

23 minutes ago, Wind30 said:

the solution is so simple that is what make the question so good.

you just need to move the top left and top right semi circle so they are touching the Center semi circle… then the answer is so clear

Actually there's a old thread discussion this particular question,

But I see you remove a spoiler, so i won't post the link to the old thread which contains a few solutions.

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by Ender

[Wind30]

17 minutes ago, Playtime said:

28?

Nope

[Ender]

Anyway good luck to all Psle students. Today is the last paper for most of them who aren't taking higher mother tongue.. Will be bringing my daugther for some free gelato, since I changed her name to Helen liao.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Ender

[Pratakosong]

1 hour ago, Wind30 said:

2019 PSLE question. I think this one is tough. i actually think it is super interesting.... but parents will go bonkers over how hard this is... which is stupid. 

Honestly, if you only do questions you know how to do, what is the point????

 

Oh this one again. LOL. From the 2019 PSLE mathematics exam. Remembered this causing such a uproar!

Solution here : https://www.facebook.com/151318894895483/posts/3834884803205522/

[Pratakosong]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/psle-maths-question-helen-ivan-hard-answer-2219376

Commentary: Why are these PSLE maths questions so hard?

The big stressor of COVID-19, a natural focus on PSLE’s sorting role and investments in tuition combine to make PSLE maths papers a flashpoint each year, says NIE’s Jason Tan.

[Kopites]

3 hours ago, Pratakosong said:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/psle-maths-question-helen-ivan-hard-answer-2219376

Commentary: Why are these PSLE maths questions so hard?

The big stressor of COVID-19, a natural focus on PSLE’s sorting role and investments in tuition combine to make PSLE maths papers a flashpoint each year, says NIE’s Jason Tan.

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/psle-math-question-has-singaporeans-memeing-what-ivan-and-helen-should-do-their-coins

😁

Edited October 5, 2021 by Kopites

[Nolicense]

4 hours ago, Ender said:

This is tricky, but if the students is ableto see it as a block diagram in disguise  the solution is pretty easy.

actually it is very easy. but i not sure why cause such a big uproar. i think maybe too much rote learning. take out every rule and tool but cannot use.

[Beanoyip]

My PSLE only 190, don't see myself super successful or down in the dumps.. just like majority of the peasants here..

[Playtime]

 

[Playtime]

quite sad if true... again.

 

u/Ced_Pei

Commented on 3 hours ago

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Actually I do understand why the office wanna keep the whole thing confidential---they don't want to see other students terrified and wanna make the number of the people who know as small as possible. But they just underestimate the speed of news transfer in this day and time. So I don't think to hide is a good way but I do understand.

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Wish all of us good luck......

[Lala81]

On 10/5/2021 at 8:42 AM, Wind30 said:

2019 PSLE question. I think this one is tough. i actually think it is super interesting.... but parents will go bonkers over how hard this is... which is stupid. 

Honestly, if you only do questions you know how to do, what is the point????

 

ha i only know how to solve cos i vaguely remember the most important step from reading the thread few years ago.

But pretty sure my girl won't know how to solve this.

 

[Ender]

1 hour ago, Lala81 said:

ha i only know how to solve cos i vaguely remember the most important step from reading the thread few years ago.

But pretty sure my girl won't know how to solve this.

 

Replace the semi circles with blocks, see if she can solve it.

[Lala81]

11 minutes ago, Ender said:

Replace the semi circles with blocks, see if she can solve it.

she's P3 and didn't get past GEP 1st round test, so don't give too much pressure. 

but yeah that's a good way to solve it. This question is really quite a good question.

 

 

[Lala81]

9 hours ago, Ender said:

Replace the semi circles with blocks, see if she can solve it.

Just went through this during dinner time with my kids without the additional step of getting diameter. 

This is quite a beautiful question.