David Marain over at MathNotations has been periodically tweeting an SAT problem of the day via @dmarain. A recent series of tweets asked: A 42 oz mix of nuts is 6 parts peanuts to 1 part cashews. How many ounces of cashews must be added to make a make the mixture 2 parts cashews to [...]
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Solving SAT problems using the model method
August 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Intermediate Word Problem
August 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Published in Singapore, Challenging Problems in Mathematics for Primary Schools: Intermediate by Dr. Y.H. Leong is a series specially written to provide enrichment activities for students. The intermediate edition is designed for Primary 4 & 5 students. Enjoy! A farmer planted 22 rambutan trees in a straight row. The trees were spaced out equally. If [...]
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Grade 4 Word Problem
April 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
An interesting word problem was recently posted at the SingaporeMath Yahoo group. The original poster wrote for help solving it without algebra and mentioned that it was from the Primary 4 books. This seems a little advanced compared to the problems in the text and workbooks. I believe the problem could be from the Challenging [...]
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