P1 Stress
Posted on February 20, 2008
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Let Hang tried some past year papers. Some questions were really challenging. He managed Sample Q1 and Q2 but got the last two wrong.
Din’t know that P1 Math so difficult one!
Super Stress! [I mean, ME!]
Samples Q1:
Jane is standing in a line. She is the 5th from the left and the second from the right. How many children are there in the line?
Answer : 6
Sample Q2:
Look at the pattern below. Which number is directly below 10?
2
4 6
8 10 12
Answer : 16
Sample Question 3:
Peter is thinking of a 2-digit number. The digit in the tens place is 1 less than 2. The digit in the ones place is 1 more than the digit in the tens place. What is the number?
Answer : 12
Sample Question 4:
David made some paper aeroplanes. He gave 6 paper aeroplanes to Tom. He has 5 paper planes left. How many paper planes did David make at first?
Answer : 6 + 5 = 11
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1. LZmommy – February 20, 2008
So tough for a 6/7 yr old! Yet to buy any test paper to let my girl try out. Now I am as stress as you are…. Does Yihang’s school has exams for P1? Unfortunately my girl’s school has…
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2. yl – February 20, 2008
:S Btw, about sample question 2… is 2-times multiplication tables within the primary 1 syllabus already?? and that triangular thing looks so confusing that it took me quite a while to realize it is a 2-times multiplication table… i was thinking of some diagonal addition or subtraction pattern that they have to find…
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3. Khai Lin – February 20, 2008
Sample q3 is tough. I mean u must be really good in both English and Maths to fully grasp the question. I pity the next generation. Stress to the max.
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4. hunnybunz – February 21, 2008
Dear LZmommy, most school do not have continual assessments (CAs) as they embark on the SEED programme. However, exams are inevitable – so I schools have end year exams.
Yes, Hang’s school has end year exam.
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5. hunnybunz – February 21, 2008
Dear yl, Mmm…think that they must know multiplication. I get Hang to memorize the multiplication table. I have a set of cards and some resources to help with multiplication. Let me know if you want them.
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6. Kong Kong – February 21, 2008
I don’t agreed with the answer for Sample Q2. The answer should be 18 instead (the number direct under 10).
The first row 2,4,8,(i.e. 1×2, 2×2, 4×2,8×2 – new line)
4+2 = 6
8+2 = 10
Hence, 16+2 should be 18. Right?
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7. Tina – February 22, 2008
Gave the same qs to Royce who got all answers correct, with a litte guide required for Qs 1 & 3. Q2 & 4 he did it totally by himself.
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8. Marie – February 27, 2008
u sure this one is p1 qns??? like so difficult! *THUD* I want to faint already
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9. Yvonne Chung – March 5, 2008
That’s y a friend who owns a student center kept telling us b4 going to P1, the child must ‘ve very gd command of Eng. Yet, some mums said their kids didnt know how to read when entering P1 but still can cope. Very confusing. My kids arent in pri. yet but I’ve attended talks and roughly know Math quest. The head of the Math dpt in MOE explained that they want to teach the children to think via math. I feel that it’s very difficult for us parents to ans. cuz our time, our math quest. were very str. fwd. In a way, I feel that it’s great that they r teaching the kids to think analytically but frustrated that we cant help them.Even Sci. in P3, very different our time. We ‘ve to really go read up I heard.