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North View
Primary School
Mathematics
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Only calculators that are approved by the
Singapore Examinations & Assessment
Board (SEAB) will be allowed in the
examination.
AURORA - SC 550
FIAMO - SC 6SC 20
CASIO - FX 82AU, FX 82MS, FX 85MS, FX 95MS,
FX 350MS, FX 820MS, FX 992S
HEWLETT PACKARD - HP 8SHP, 9SHP10S
SHARP - EL 509VM, EL 509 W, EL 509WM, EL
509WS, EL 546VA
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS - TI 30XIIB, TI 30XIIS, TI 34 II
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Paper Format
Paper 1
- 50 min
- 40 marks
- 30 MCQ & short
answer questions
of 1 or 2 marks
- non-calculator
component
Paper 2
- 1 hr 40 min
- 60 marks
- 28 questions (short
answer & structured /
long answers)
- each question 3 to 5
marks
- calculator component
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Paper Format
Foundation Mathematics
Paper 1
- 1 hour
- 50 marks
- 30 MCQ & short
answer questions
of 1 or 2 marks
- non-calculator
component
Paper 2
- 1 hr 15 min
- 50 marks
- 18 questions
(short answer &
structured / long answers)
- each question 3 to 5
marks
- calculator component
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Expectations
1) Revise and review
a) Revise daily
b) Review regularly
How?
- Cover the solutions and re-work the
sums
- Use CODER
- Practice papers
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Expectations
2) Quality work
a) Show clear working
b) Speed and accuracy
c) Clarity of working
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Expectations
3) Determination and perseverance
a) Attempt all questions starting from the
first question.
b) Show some working.
c) The last question is usually not
hard/novel. Don’t give up. Do guess &
check when all else fails.
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Adequate Practice is
Necessary!
Apart from Shaping Math Coursebook & Workbook,
we have:
(1) Topical worksheets - to revise
concepts & skills learned in every
topic
(a) graded from level 1 to 3
(b) Heuristics questions are
incorporated in the topical
worksheets
(2) Practice papers
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What’s important?
-
Number sense
Identification of patterns
Spatial sense
identify concepts
choose the right strategies for
different problem sums. Eg for a
certain question, to use model
drawing or ratio?
Model drawing or Ratio?
John, Max and Peter had 320 books
altogether. Max had 5 times more books
than John. Peter had twice the number
of books Max had.
vs
John, Max and Peter had 335 books
altogether. Max had 5 more books than
John. Peter had twice the number of
books Max had.
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Eg: What is the 98th shape?
98  6 = 16 r 2
Remainder 2
2nd shape!
Example
Eddy used some toothpicks to
make the following triangles.
If he made 1 triangle, he
got this figure
If he added some toothpicks to
the triangle, the figure became
If he continued to add more
toothpicks to the triangle, the
figure became
If he made 100 triangles, how many toothpicks did
he use?