Comments on: PSLE Maths Too Hard? http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/ read at your own risk Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: jh http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1416 jh Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:22:35 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1416 what do you mean by extra information and clues? anyway congrats on getting an A* what do you mean by extra information and clues?

anyway congrats on getting an A*

]]> By: qup http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1415 qup Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:12:47 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1415 lol the paper wasn't that hard. i took it last year. but the problem was..., they always gave us extra information!! let say a question has 2 clues. but last year's paper was like..., you just needed 1 clue to solve it. i still felt there was something wrong with my answer after solving them because of that. anyway got an 'a*' lol the paper wasn’t that hard. i took it last year.
but the problem was…, they always gave us extra information!!
let say a question has 2 clues.
but last year’s paper was like…, you just needed 1 clue to solve it.
i still felt there was something wrong with my answer after solving them
because of that. anyway got an ‘a*’

]]> By: ignorantsoup http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1301 ignorantsoup Fri, 02 May 2008 05:49:50 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1301 Lol. This P6 pupil is retake one ah? Last year take the paper, then still P6 this year? Lol.. but to be serious, where is the bloody example? Anyway, retired teacher took 19 minutes to do those questions, and then now got people say this is the chickenfeet one. WOW man. This retired teacher probably takes 40 minutes to do 3 normal PSLE questions. Makes me wonder whether the teacher suffers from lao ren chi dai zhen. Aniway this is a post that's made last year..lol..still got comments! Lol. This P6 pupil is retake one ah? Last year take the paper, then still P6 this year? Lol.. but to be serious, where is the bloody example? Anyway, retired teacher took 19 minutes to do those questions, and then now got people say this is the chickenfeet one. WOW man. This retired teacher probably takes 40 minutes to do 3 normal PSLE questions. Makes me wonder whether the teacher suffers from lao ren chi dai zhen.

Aniway this is a post that’s made last year..lol..still got comments!

]]> By: jh http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1300 jh Thu, 01 May 2008 09:44:47 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1300 this year? psle isn't until the last quarter of the year isn't it? like i said many times before.... if it's harder, why isn't anyone giving an example? this year? psle isn’t until the last quarter of the year isn’t it?

like i said many times before…. if it’s harder, why isn’t anyone giving an example?

]]> By: A P6 pupil http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1299 A P6 pupil Thu, 01 May 2008 06:58:43 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1299 The questions were not difficult because they are not even the questions that came out! I took the paper this year and the questions published are different from the ones i took! It is indeed much easier... The questions were not difficult because they are not even the questions that came out! I took the paper this year and the questions published are different from the ones i took! It is indeed much easier…

]]> By: jh http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1028 jh Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:41:39 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1028 aiyah, not bad what, at least now there exists some not-so-nonsense blogs like mine which may be helpful to some people :P (hahaha very thick skin)... it's also good to see people still interested to find out how questions are solved though explanations could possibly have been obtained by asking your stronger friends, or even your psch teacher (tho this one might be a lil difficult for some due to shyness or whatever). ah well... i didn't really cover much in this entry also leh, yet there's a heck lot of comments. whee. p.s. back in p6, i didn't even know how to use the Internet... got mine in sec 1. lol... u more advanced siah! aiyah, not bad what, at least now there exists some not-so-nonsense blogs like mine which may be helpful to some people :P (hahaha very thick skin)…

it’s also good to see people still interested to find out how questions are solved though explanations could possibly have been obtained by asking your stronger friends, or even your psch teacher (tho this one might be a lil difficult for some due to shyness or whatever).

ah well… i didn’t really cover much in this entry also leh, yet there’s a heck lot of comments. whee.

p.s. back in p6, i didn’t even know how to use the Internet… got mine in sec 1. lol… u more advanced siah!

]]> By: ignorantsoup http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1026 ignorantsoup Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:36:50 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1026 Well..I'm impressed that P6 students r searching blogs..hahaha.. Its a sign that we are old already. When I was in P6, the most in thing on the internet was hotmail and it was only 2mb! Old liao la! Well..I’m impressed that P6 students r searching blogs..hahaha.. Its a sign that we are old already. When I was in P6, the most in thing on the internet was hotmail and it was only 2mb! Old liao la!

]]> By: jh http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1023 jh Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:30:13 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1023 hi xilisk chy, my answer of 25cm is based on the picture i've doodled. not sure if the actual question is the same. well, in that question 4, i'm sure you'll be able to find out the volume of water present in the problem right? that shouldn't be of any problem. and i'm pretty sure you will know that volume = base area x height. and we do know the base areas of each of the containers, and the question states that after distributing the water, the containers have the same height, hence the calculation provided in my entry. hope it helps. hi xilisk chy, my answer of 25cm is based on the picture i’ve doodled. not sure if the actual question is the same.

well, in that question 4, i’m sure you’ll be able to find out the volume of water present in the problem right? that shouldn’t be of any problem. and i’m pretty sure you will know that volume = base area x height.

and we do know the base areas of each of the containers, and the question states that after distributing the water, the containers have the same height, hence the calculation provided in my entry.

hope it helps.

]]> By: xilisk chy http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1022 xilisk chy Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:41:59 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-1022 erm hi the uni guys, i chanced upon this website and is somehow puzzled... i am oso a psle student of 2007 and i somehow think that the qns r quite hard to decipher. 4 example the tank qns, the teacher gt teach the theory meh??? plus the ans for the tank qns is 24 cm nt 25 cm :) p.s. can elaborate the n meothod? erm hi the uni guys,

i chanced upon this website and is somehow puzzled…
i am oso a psle student of 2007 and i somehow think that the qns r quite hard to decipher. 4 example the tank qns, the teacher gt teach the theory meh???

plus the ans for the tank qns is 24 cm nt 25 cm :)

p.s. can elaborate the n meothod?

]]> By: ignorantsoup http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-864 ignorantsoup Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:19:44 +0000 http://kofplayer.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/psle-maths-too-hard/#comment-864 Yes I do agree with JH that the sole main point of this whole issue is that parents should not make so much fuss that the paper is hard. Besides, why are we coming up with excuses for the teacher? The questions posted by The Straits Times to the teacher is posted up in JH's post for all to see. The teacher did that 3 questions in 19 minutes WITH a calculator. That itself has already shown a significant problem with the teacher. Another point to note is that the same 3 questions were posed to last year's TOP PSLE student, who managed to do it quick. Anyway, this whole PSLE issue is over and I am surprised that JH can still get comments on it. LOL. The top pupil scores 294. It shows that the paper is not so hard after all is it? Hard papers just make it easier to differentiate the better students. The top student still get the max marks, whether he gets 50/100 or 99/100. Its a freaking bell curve so people should stop making a fuss when questions are hard. Yes I do agree with JH that the sole main point of this whole issue is that parents should not make so much fuss that the paper is hard.

Besides, why are we coming up with excuses for the teacher? The questions posted by The Straits Times to the teacher is posted up in JH’s post for all to see. The teacher did that 3 questions in 19 minutes WITH a calculator. That itself has already shown a significant problem with the teacher.

Another point to note is that the same 3 questions were posed to last year’s TOP PSLE student, who managed to do it quick.

Anyway, this whole PSLE issue is over and I am surprised that JH can still get comments on it. LOL.

The top pupil scores 294. It shows that the paper is not so hard after all is it? Hard papers just make it easier to differentiate the better students. The top student still get the max marks, whether he gets 50/100 or 99/100. Its a freaking bell curve so people should stop making a fuss when questions are hard.

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