29 January 2021

Primary 6 Briefing

Insight into the PSLE MATHS Paper

Presented by Mrs Adeline Giam

Outline

1) P6 Maths Holistics Assessment Plan

2) Examination Format & Time Management

3) Analysis of PSLE Maths Marks Distribution

4) Strategies to help your child

Assessment Plan (Standard & Foundation)Termly Factual Fluency Review

Foundation Standard

Term 1• Multiplication tables: 2 to 10

• Division tables: 2 to 7 and 10

• Conversion of fractions to/from

decimals

• Conversion of units

of measurement in

decimals

• Conversion of

fractions, decimals

and percentages

0%

Weighting

(5 min)

Term 2

Term 3• Multiplication tables: 6 to 9

• Division tables: 6 to 9

• Conversion of fractions to/from

decimals

• Conversion of units of

measurement in decimals

Term 4

Assessment Plan (Standard)Termly Assessment/ Examinations

Topics Weightage Duration

Term 1CA 1• All P3 to P5 Mathematics Topics• P6 Algebra• P6 Fractions• P6 Ratio

100 marks/ 0%

Paper 1: 1 h Paper 2: 1 h 30 minTerm 2

Mid-Year Exam• All Mathematics Topics from P1 to P6

(exclude P6 Circles, P6 Speed, P6 Volume, P6 Pie Charts and P6 Nets)

100 marks/ 40%

Term 3Prelim• All P1 to P6 Mathematics Topics

100 marks/ 60%

Term 4PSLE• All P1 to P6 Mathematics Topics

100 marks

Assessment Plan (Foundation)Termly Assessment/ Examinations

Topics Weightage Duration

Term 1CA 1P5F Topics:

• Whole Numbers• Fractions • Decimals• Rate• Time• Perimeter, Area &

Volume• Geometry• Tables, Bar Graphs

and Line Graphs

P6F Topics:

• Fractions• Decimals

90 marks/ 0%

Paper 1: 1 h Paper 2: 1 h

Assessment Plan (Foundation)Termly Assessment/ Examinations

Topics Weightage Duration

Term 2Mid-Year ExamP5F Topics:

• Whole Numbers• Time• Geometry• Tables

P6F Topics:

• Fractions• Decimals• Perimeter, Area &

Volume• Percentage

90 marks/ 40%

Paper 1: 1 h Paper 2: 1 h

Term 3Prelim

• All P5F and P6F Mathematics Topics

90 marks/ 60%

Term 4PSLE

• All P5F and P6F Mathematics Topics 90 marks

Topics in Standard Math SyllabusTopic Major Sub-topics

Numbers• Numbers up to 10 million, 4 Operations, Fractions,

Decimals

Measurement • Length, mass, volume, Area and Perimeter, Time, Circles

Statistics • Bar and line graphs, Average, Pie charts

Geometry

• Line of symmetry, Parallel and Perpendicular lines

• Angles, Triangle, Parallelogram, trapezium, rhombus

• Special quadrilaterals, Nets

Ratio and

Percentage

• Ratio and Percentage

Rate and

Speed

• Rate

• Distance, Time and speed

Algebra • Algebra

New Topics at a Glance (Standard P5 & P6)Topic P5 Sub-Topic P6 Sub-Topic

Numbers

• Numbers up to 10 million

• Fractions

• Decimals

Measurement• Area of Triangle

• Vol of cube and cuboid

• Area and Circumference of circle

• Vol of cube and cuboid

Statistics • Average of a set or data • Pie Charts

Geometry

• Angles

• Triangle

• Parallelogram, trapezium,

rhombus

• Special quadrilaterals

• Nets

Ratio and

Percentage

• Ratio

• Percentage

• Ratio

• Percentage

Rate and Speed • Rate • Distance, Time and speed

Algebra • - • Algebra

Topics in Foundation Maths SyllabusTopic Major Sub-topics

Numbers• Numbers up to 10 million, 4 Operations, Fractions,

Decimals

Measurement• Length, mass, volume, Area and Perimeter, Time,

Area of Triangle

Statistics • Tables, Bar and line graphs, Average, Pie charts

Geometry

• Line Symmetry

• Parallel and Perpendicular lines

• Angles

• Squares and rectangles

Rate and

Percentage

• Rate, speed and Percentage

Outline

1) P6 Maths Holistics Assessment Plan

2) Examination Format & Time Management

3) Analysis of PSLE Maths Marks Distribution

4) Strategies to help your child

Examination Format (Standard)Paper Bklet Item Type No of qns No. of

marks

per qn

Weight

-ing

Dura

-tion

1 A Multiple Choice 10 1 10% 1 hour

5 2 10%

B Short answer 5 1 5%

10 2 20%

2 Short answer 5 2 10% 1 hour

30minStructured, Long answer 12 3, 4, 5 45%

Total 47 - 100%

Examination Format (Foundation)Paper Bklet Item Type No of qns No. of

marks

per qn

Weight

-ing

Dura

-tion

1 A Multiple Choice 10 1 10 1 hour

10 2 20

B Short answer 10 2 20

2 Short answer 10 2 10 1 hour

Structured 6 3 or 4 20

Total 46 - 90

Approved CalculatorsPaper 2: Calculators allowed

Please refer to the

link/ QR code

below:

https://www.seab.

gov.sg/docs/

Suggested TimingPaper Bklet Item Type No of

qnsNo. of

marks per qn

Time per qn

Duration

1 A MultipleChoice

10 1 1.5 min Time taken: 52.5 min

(1 h)5 2 2 min

B Short answer

5 1 1.5 min

10 2 2 min

2 Short answer 5 2 2 min Time taken: 1h 22min

(1h30min)Structured, Long

answer12 3, 4, 5 6 min

Total 47 - 2h14.5min

2 h 30 min

Suggested Timing for each QuestionPaper Section Suggestions

Paper 1 MCQ &

SAQ• 1 mark questions: 1.5 min per question

• 2 mark questions: 2 min per question

• Remaining time is for check OAS/Answer/ go back

to questions that they are not very sure of.

• This part of the paper is done without calculator,

therefore Factual Fluency is important.

Paper 2 SAQ &

Long Word

Problems

• 2 mark questions: 2 min

• 3, 4 and 5 marks questions: 6 min

• Calculator Paper.

Outline

1) P6 Maths Holistics Assessment Plan

2) Examination Format & Time Management

3) Analysis of PSLE Maths Marks Distribution

4) Strategies to help your child

Marks Distribution over 3 years (2017 to 2019)Year 2019 *2018 2017

Topics Paper 1 Paper 2 Total Paper 1 Paper 2 Total Paper 1 Paper 2 Total

Numbers 17 10 27 10 15 25 18 11 29

Measurement 9 13 22 13 6 19 7 16 23

Statistics 7 7 14 4 11 15 2 7 9

Geometry 6 13 19 10 10 20 6 10 16

Ratio and

Percentage2 7 9 2 9 11 2 11 13

Rate and

Speed2 2 4 3 2 5 4 2 6

Algebra 2 3 5 3 2 5 1 3 6

Total 45 55 100 45 55 100 40 60 100

* Exam format changed in 2018

Outline

1) P6 Maths Holistics Assessment Plan

2) Examination Format & Time Management

3) Analysis of PSLE Maths Marks Distribution

4) Strategies to help your child

How can I help my child?

Easy Question2018 Paper 1 Booklet B, Q22

Find the value of 7.26 × 8.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

Ans:

7.26 × 8 = 58.08

≈ 58.1

Remember

Paper 1, no

calculator.

Easy Question2018 Paper 1 Booklet B, Q22

Find the value of 7.26 × 8.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

Ans:

7.26 × 8 = 58.08

≈ 58.1

Remember

Paper 1, no

calculator.

2019, Paper 1 Booklet B Q27

Moderate Question

A bottle completely filled with water weighed 2.1 kg. After 2

3of the

water was used up, the bottle with remaining water weighed 800 g.

What was the mass of the bottle in grams?Remember

Paper 1, no

calculator.

2019, Paper 1 Booklet B Q27

Moderate Question

A bottle completely filled with water weighed 2.1 kg. After 2

3of the

water was used up, the bottle with remaining water weighed 800 g.

What was the mass of the bottle in grams?Remember

Paper 1, no

calculator.

2019, Paper 1 Booklet B Q27

Moderate Question

A bottle completely filled with water weighed 2.1 kg. After 2

3of the

water was used up, the bottle with remaining water weighed 800 g.

What was the mass of the bottle in grams?

Remember

Paper 1, no

calculator.Bottle + water = 2.1 kg = 2100g

Bottle + 1

3of water = 800g

Used, so 1

3left

2

3of water = 2100g - 800g =1 300g

1

3of water = 1 300g 2 = 650g

Bottle + 1

3of water = 800 g

Therefore,

Bottle + 650g = 800 g

Bottle = 800 g – 650 g = 150 g

Ans: 150 g

Difficult Question2019, Paper 2, Q11

ABCD is a trapezium, EC= ED and ADE is a

straight line.

a) Find CED

70o

30o

CB

EDA

b) The figure above is not drawn to scale. Each of the

statements below is either true, false or not

possible to tell from the information given. For each

statement, put a tick ( ) to indicate you answer.

Statement True FalseNot possible

to tell

ABD is an equilateral triangle

ABCE is a parallelogram

BD is perpendicular to DC

Difficult Question2019, Paper 2, Q11

70o

30o

CB

EDA

CED = 180 – 30 – 30 = 120

Ans: (a) 120 o

30o

30o

ABCD is a trapezium, EC= ED and ADE is a

straight line.

a) Find CED

b) The figure above is not drawn to scale. Each of the

statements below is either true, false or not

possible to tell from the information given. For each

statement, put a tick ( ) to indicate you answer.

Statement True FalseNot possible

to tell

ABD is an equilateral triangle

ABCE is a parallelogram

BD is perpendicular to DC

Difficult Question2019, Paper 2, Q11

70o

30o

CB

EDA

ABCD is a trapezium, EC= ED and ADE is a

straight line.

a) Find CED

b) The figure above is not drawn to scale. Each of the

statements below is either true, false or not

possible to tell from the information given. For each

statement, put a tick ( ) to indicate you answer.

30o

30o

CED = 180 – 30 – 30 = 120

Ans: (a) 120 o

Statement True FalseNot possible

to tell

ABD is an equilateral triangle

ABCE is a parallelogram

BD is perpendicular to DC

Difficult Question2019, Paper 2, Q11

70o

30o

CB

EDA

ABCD is a trapezium, EC= ED and ADE is a

straight line.

a) Find CED30o

30o

Statement True FalseNot possible

to tell

ABD is an equilateral triangle

ABCE is a parallelogram

BD is perpendicular to DC

CED = 180 – 30 – 30 = 120

Ans: (a) 120 o

b) The figure above is not drawn to scale. Each of the

statements below is either true, false or not

possible to tell from the information given. For each

statement, put a tick ( ) to indicate you answer.

CED = 180 – 70 = 110

Difficult Question2019, Paper 2, Q11

70o

30o

CB

EDA

ABCD is a trapezium, EC= ED and ADE is a

straight line.

a) Find CED

Statement True FalseNot possible

to tell

ABD is an equilateral triangle

ABCE is a parallelogram

BD is perpendicular to DC

30o

30o

CED = 180 – 30 – 30 = 120

Ans: (a) 120 o

b) The figure above is not drawn to scale. Each of the

statements below is either true, false or not

possible to tell from the information given. For each

statement, put a tick ( ) to indicate you answer.

How can I help my child?

• Factual Fluency

• Not counting with their fingers

• Go back to basic concept learnt in P3 & P4 -

- Length, mass, volume

- Area and perimeter

- Geometry (e.g. angles, parallel lines)

Revise on weak areas

Study • Let’s read the problem carefully• Underline the persons/objects/values. How are they related?• What do I need to find?

Ponder• What strategy can I use?• Why do I choose this

strategy?

Apply• Apply the selected strategy

Review• Does the answer make sense?• Check the “CUT”

• Is there a better way to solve the problem?

- Calculation- Units

- Transfer error

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