In our family, “Learning is compulsory. Schooling is optional”. Today, 10yo Jae had a hard-to-get appointment to renew his passport yet school was opened for him with short notice given. So he skipped school. There was a booth selling cakes at the immigration office, so we had a little math exploration: He was quite amazed […]
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In primary school mathematics, one of the most challenging topics is the division of fractions. 3 ÷ 1/2 = ? How about 1/2 ÷ 1/4 = ? And 4/5 ÷ 2/3 = ? Do you understand why you calculate the way you do? Or do you do it by memorising an algorithm? You can give
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One child just had a math test and an upcoming school math team selection test. There are 2 potential situations: 1. Unable to solve the problem 2. Able to solve the problem but makes an error Since this child needed support on Type 2 mistakes, we had a short review session together and came up
It was Jae & El’s birthday recently and we bought some boxes of Pocky. These are popular cream-coated biscuit sticks from Japan. El chose the almond sticks, which come in 2 packs of 7 sticks in a box. Jae chose the chocolate sticks, which come in 2 packs of 25 sticks in a box. They
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In recent years, Singapore math has included more real-world applications. Sustainability is now a huge topic globally. It involves our and our children’s future well-being. Our family is making ecobricks, to avoid sending non-recyclable plastic waste to landfills in Malaysia. Instead, we turn them into useful construction materials. The minimum mass of an ecobrick is