P3 Math: Repacking total to different multiples

The question type below requires P3 students to understand and draw part/whole models.
Multiplication and division is needed on top of understanding and drawing of the models.

Such questions often appear in P3 WA1 or SA1 during May.

Brad has 7 boxes of toy soldiers.
Each box contains 27 toy soldiers exactly.
He removed them from the boxes
and packed them into bags of 3.

a) How many toy soldiers does he have at first?
b) How many bags of toy soldiers will Brad have at the end?




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P3 Math : Total Given with Partial Division

The question type below requires P3 students to understand and draw part/whole models.

Part of the total will be deducted and the remaining will be split to equal parts.
(Multiplication and Division)

Such questions often appear in P3 WA1 or SA1 during May and usually appear in the first few questions of section C.

At first, there are 517 mangoes.
After 152 rotten mangoes are thrown away,
the rest of the mangoes are packed into bags of 5.

How many bags will be needed?


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P6 Math: Decreasing sets with remaining

The question type below deals with decreasing sets
The starting ratio is given and each time, a set of 2 different values is deducted.

Such questions often appear in P6 mid year and prelim papers.
This is a paper 2 question so calculator is allowed.

Miss Teo had 1/3 as many chocolates as sweets.
After she gave each of her students 4 chocolates and 3 sweets.
she had 6 chocolates and 180 sweets left.
How many students does she have?


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P5/P6 Math: Fraction of Remaining (Expert)

The question type below deals with "fraction of remainder".
Each fraction is added with another value to represent an item described.

Such questions often appear in P5 SA2 exam onwards.
This is a paper 2 question so calculator is allowed.

In a box of yellow, green and purple highlighters,
half of the highlighters and another 5 are blue.
1/4 of the remaining highlighters and 4 more are green.
The rest of them are purple highlighters.
There were 11 purple highlighters in the box.
How many highlighters were there altogether?


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P6 Math: Difference between 2 total values of different quantities

The question type below deals with 2 different items, each with different individual values and quantity. The difference in terms of the total value between the 2 items are given.

Such questions often appear in P6 mid year exam onwards.
This is a paper 2 question so calculator is allowed

A simpler version of this question for P5 students can be found here.

Catherine has a piggy bank
containing only 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins.

She has 7 more 50-cent coins than 20-cent coins in the piggy bank.
The total value of the 50-cent coins is $7.40 more than the total value of all her 20-cent coins.
How many 20-cent coins does she have in the piggy bank?

What is the mass of each different denomination of coins in Singapore?

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P3/P4 Math: Before and After Basic (Twice , Thrice and 4 times)

The question type below deals with "before and after" comparison models.
One of the models will remain the same.

Such questions often appear in P3/P4 exam papers in Section C.

Kenny have 64 tickets more than Lawrence at first
After Kenny sold 10 tickets,
Kenny still has thrice as many tickets as Lawrence.
How many tickets does Lawrence have?

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P5/P6 Math: Fraction of Remaining (Advanced)

The question type below deals with "fraction of remainder" (with a twist).
The first fraction is not a fraction of total but a fraction of remainder.

Such questions often appear in Paper 2 starting from P5 mid year exam onwards .
Calculator usage is allowed.

In a basket containing red, green and blue beads,
56 beads were red.
1/3 of the remaining beads were green.
The blue beads make up 1/5 of all the beads in the basket.
How many beads were there altogether?

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