Monthly Archives: February 2012

Fatimah and Hairu enjoy Congkak game part 11 (Math Question)

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See the posting on Fatimah and Hairu play Congkak to know about Congkak game.

You should click and read postings  on Sarin learns concept of ratio in school and Sarin learns the concept of Fraction (mathematics concept) to understand the mathematics concept of Ratio and Fraction.

Upper primary school mathematics question UPQ88

Fatimah has a bag of marbles and a bag of beads to use in CongKak games. There are equal number of marbles and beads. The marbles and the beads are either green or yellow. She has 3 times as many green marbles as green beads and the number of yellow marbles is 5/8 the number of yellow beads.

(a)   What is the ratio of the number of green beads to the number of yellow marbles?

(b)   If she has total 240 of green marbles and green beads, what is the total number of marbles and beads in the two bags? …To click here to go to solution…

Sarin and his coin bank part 14(Math Question)

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You can read posting Sarin and his coin bank on the story of coin bank.

You should click and read postings on Sarin learns concept of ratio in school and Sarin learns the concept of Fraction (mathematics concept) to understand the mathematics concept of Ratio and Fraction.

Upper primary school mathematics question UPQ87

Sarin has 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins in his coin bank. If the 10-cents he has are ½ the sum of the 20-cent and 50-cent coins, and the 20-cent coins is ¼ of the sum of the 3 type of coins. What is the ratio of the number of 10-cent coins to 20-cent coins to 50-cent coins that in his coin bank?

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Sarin and his coin bank part 13(Math Question)

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You can read posting Sarin and his coin bank on the story of coin bank.

Read also posting on Sarin learns the concept of Fraction (mathematics concept) to understand concept of Fraction.

Upper primary school mathematics question UPQ86

Fatimah, Sarin and Hairu have a total saving of $540 in their coin banks. 3/4 of Fatimah’s savings is the same as 5/6 of Hairu’s savings. The difference in their savings is equal to 1/8 of Sarin’s savings. How much is Sarin’s savings? …Click to know the solution…

Fatimah and Hairu enjoy Congkak game part 10 (Math Question)

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See the posting on Fatimah and Hairu play Congkak to know about Congkak game.

You can click and read postings  Sarin learns the concept of Fraction (mathematics concept) to understand concept of Fraction.

Upper primary school mathematics question UPQ85

Fatimah had a set of marbles used for the Congkak game. There were 120 green marbles & red marbles. 4/9 of the green marbles and 5/7 of the red marbles were big size. The rest of the 44 green marbles and red marbles were small size. How many green marbles were big size?

…To click here to go to solution…

Sarin and his coin bank part 12(Math Question)

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You can read posting Sarin and his coin bank on the story of coin bank.

Read also posting on Sarin and the million numbers to understand concept of dollars and cents.

Lower primary school mathematics question LPQ32

Sarin and Hairu counting the money they have in their coin banks. If Sarin has $80 more than Hairu. How much money must Sarin give to Hairu so that he will have $14 more than Hairu?

…Click to know the solution…

Hairu shares his stickers part 15(Math Question)

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Lower primary school mathematics question LPQ31

In a funfair, Hairu, Sarin and Fatimah participated in a series of game and collected a number of stickers. Hairu collected 3 times as many stickers as Sarin. Fatimah collected 18 stickers less than Sarin. They had collected a total of 432 stickers altogether. How many stickers did Sarin collect?

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Sarin’s father crossing the Causeway part 6(Math Question)

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Read posting on Sarin’s father visits his friend in JB town to know about JB town as well as reading posting on Sarin’s father crossing the Causeway to know about the Johor-Singapore Causeway.

Read also posting on Sarin learns rate of change in school (Math Concept) to learn about concept of speed and relative speed.

Upper primary school mathematics question UPQ84

Sarin’s father travelled within JB town on bicycle. He planned to cycle from City Square to Jesco. If he were to cycle at 10 km/h, he would reach Jesco at 7.45 p.m. If he were to cycle at 12 km/h, he would reach Jesco at 7.15 p.m. What was the distance between the two places?

….click to read the solution….

Sarin participates in school anniversary event part 6(math question)

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Read posting Sarin participates in school anniversary event part 1 for school anniversary.

Upper primary school mathematics question UPQ83

Sarin was given a box of anniversary badges to give away to the invited guests in the anniversary event.  There were red, blue and green badges in the box. The ratio of the number of red badges to the number of blue badges was 3 : 5. The ratio of the number of blue badges to the green badges was 3 : 5. What was the ratio of the number of red badges to the number of green badges?

…Click to read the solution…

Sarin’s father crossing the Causeway part 5(Math Question)

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Read posting on Sarin’s father visits his friend in JB town to know about JB town as well as reading posting on Sarin’s father crossing the Causeway to know about the Johor-Singapore Causeway.

Read also posting on Sarin learns rate of change in school (Math Concept) to learn about concept of speed and relative speed.

Upper primary school mathematics question UPQ82

Sarin’s father travelled from Simei to JB town by car at an average speed of 60km/h. At the same time there was a taxi started off together in the same direction from Simei and drove towards JB Town at an average speed of 96km/n. How far apart would they be after 20 minutes?

….click to read the solution….