P4: Fraction of Remainder (Basic)

Fraction of a remainder is a concept similar to Fraction of a Fraction.

Student will need to know that they must not make both denominator the same if each denominator of the 2 fractions do not represent the same total.

Such questions are common in Section C of P4 exams.

More of such questions with slightly higher difficulty for P4 students here.

Jaya has some plates in green, blue and red in colour.

¹/₄ of his plates are green.

⁵/₆ of the remaining plates are blue and the rest are red.

He has 40 blue plates.

How many plates does he have altogether?

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P5 Math: Ratio Basics (3 parties)

Ratio of 3 parties merely expresses the simplest form between 3 values and are not representing the exact value.

With one or more values given, students must make be able to derive the other values by means of multiplication or division.

Such questions usually appear in P5 Paper 1.

Calculator usage is not allowed.

Tricia, Belinda and Alicia has baked some muffins in the ratio of 4:3:1 respectively.

They baked a total of 640 muffins.

How many more muffins than Alicia did Tricia bake?

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P5/P6 Math: Starting Total and Ending Ratio (Basic)

The question type below provides the student with the starting total between 2 parties and the ending ratio after each of them undergo some changes. One of the value will undergo a fractional decrease and the other will have some value added or subtracted.

Students will need to "start from the end" in order to solve. (aka working backwards)

Such questions are common in Paper 2 of P5 and P6 papers.

Calculator usage is allowed.

Similar questions of this type can also be found here.

Moorthi and Devi have a total of 1093 invitation cards to send out.

After Moorthi sent out ¹/₃ of his cards and Devi sent out 444 cards of her cards,

the ratio of Moorthi's to Devi's remaining cards was 4:5.

a) How many cards did Moorthi sent out?

b) How many cards did they have left altogether at the end?

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P5 Math: Ratio Basics

The comparison between 2 values can be done using fractions, ratio, percentage, etc.

 

To express 2 numbers as ratio is like drawing a comparison models of 2 numbers and finding their common factors.

But all these must be done without drawing models and without finding common factors.

Such questions will appear in Paper 1 of P5 exams.

Calculator usage is not allowed.

Fadil bought 25 chicken satay sticks for his children.

Germaine bought 30 chicken satay sticks for her parents.

What is the ratio of Germaine's satay sticks to Fadil's satay sticks?

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P5/P6 Math: Before and After Fractional Change with Starting Difference (Basic)

The question below require students to be able to split up 2 different quantities with the starting difference given.

Each unknown quantity is needed to split up to its corresponding fractions.
The total of what both have left is given at the end.

A similar variation of this question can also be found "here".

Such questions will appear in P5 SA2 and P6 Paper 2
Calculator usage is allowed.

Fergie had 54 more instagram photos than Lionel at first.
After Fergie deleted ¹/₂ of her instagram photos
and Lionel deleted ¹/₃ of his instagram photos, 

both had 69 instagram photos left altogether.

How many instagram photos did both have altogether at first?

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