*I received a nice message from Mr. Lee Eming (Ex-Brainbuilder & currently TeamMathics’ General Manager) regarding the KMC training materials I developed for their use during my time with them (for Pre-Ecolier, Ecolier & Benjamin categories): Thank you sir for your kind acknowledgement; it was a “team effort”.
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Question: Mr. Tan has 216 apples and pears altogether. He packed all the apples and pears into 30 bags. He packed the apples in bags of 6 and the pears in bags of 8. (a) How many bags of apples did he have? (b) How many apples did he have altogether? *The original question...
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Question: Jolene had 138 fewer marbles than Clarissa at first. Then, Jolene received 29 marbles from Clarissa and bought another 25 marbles. How many fewer marbles did Jolene have than Clarissa in the end? *The original question & solution involving the “model drawing technique” is presented in the images below
Question I saw a shirt, which cost $97. I borrowed $50 from mom, and $50 from dad. I bought the shirt, with $3 of change. I gave $1 back to mom, $1 back to dad, and kept the other $1 myself. Now this means I owe my mom $49 and my dad the same,...
If five people can build five houses in five days, how many days does it take 100 people to build 100 houses? Solution The statement “five people can build five houses in five days” Is equivalent to (keep the “time of 5 days fixed” to arrive at this): “A person can build a house...
Question: Yesterday I wrote down my friend Ekin’s telephone number. The telephone number on my note has six digits, but I remember that Ekin said that the number had seven digits. I have no idea what digit I forgot to write down, or its position in the number. How many different telephone numbers...
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