More and more parents and even members of the public commented on the tough Math questions set for Primary School Leaving Examinations. Why? That's because they do not have a highly capable and specialized tutor like myself. ;) alright jokes aside.
Apparently, not only O' Levels Mathematics' paper one has been approved of the usage of calculator, even primary school students are allowed to do so.
As a result, tougher questions set just to "compensate" the time cut by giving more tougher and complex questions which will FORCE students to spend more time understanding the question and working more steps out.
I've got a question from the PSLE and it goes :
Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy? Ans: 68
What do you think? Is it tough?
