P4/P5 Math: Fraction of Total remaining

"Fraction of total" and "Fraction of remaining" are common Fraction problem sums in P5 and P6 Math.

While the word remaining is used here, it is not representing the "fraction of remaining".

A value and fraction of total was used and what remains is a fraction of the total.

Simple model drawing can be used to solve this fraction problem sum.

Such questions usually appear in Paper 1 of P5 papers or Section C of P4 papers.

Calculator usage is not allowed.

Sally read 60 pages of a book on Thursday and read ¹/₈ of the book on Friday.

She completed reading the remaining ¹/₄ of the book over the weekend.

How many pages has this book got?

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P5 Math : Multiples in Boxes

The following question type is common in Paper 1. 

Students often mistake such question as a tedious multiplication and division exercise but the question is only worth 1 or 2 marks and it is a testing the ability of students to see multiples.

Calculator usage is not allowed.

Ben has 25 boxes of shoes.

Each box contains the left and right shoe (2 shoes in a box).

He has 7 boxes of shoes in the storeroom and the rest of the shoes are in the living room.

How many boxes of shoes are in the living room?

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