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Dr.Yeap Ban Har Marshall Cavendish Institute
2011alt/ HCO R MAP101 Fundamentals in SingaporeMathematics
Dr Yeap Ban [email protected]
Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore
Presentation slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com
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Singapore Mathematicsfocuses on the ability tovisualize. For example,bar models are usedextensively.
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Which letter is 99?
Method 1The positions of 11, 22, 33 are at C, H, E respectively. Positions of multiples of 11 can be located.
Method 2The positions of numbers ending with 1 and 6 can be located ta either ends. Thus 91 or 96 can be located. Subsequently, 99 can be located.
Method 3Numbers ending with 9 are at E. So, 99 is at E too.
Method 4The position for 99 can be found by writing out all the numbers but this is not efficient method.
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Method 1The letters under A and I are even. So 99 cannot be there.
Method 2The positions of numbers ending with 9 form a diagonal pattern.
Method 3The numbers under first D increases by 8. Thus 17 + 80 = 97 is under first D. The position for 99 can be worked out.
Method 4The positions of multiples of 8 I is definitely under A. 8 x 12 = 96 is under A. The position of 99 can be worked out.
Method 5Numbers under V is 1 less than multiples of 4. So, 2011 (1 less than 2012) is under V. 99 is less than 100.
Method 2The positions of numbers ending with 9 form a diagonal pattern.
The methods were the ones that participants in Chile came up with.
Another MethodIn a course done in December 2010 with a group of Chilean teachers, there was a method that involves division. For Cheryl, it was 99 : 10.
For David, it was 99 : 8. Are you able to figure out that method?
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CPA Approach based onJerome Bruner was usedto learn division offractions – using paperfolding and subsequentdrawing.
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Drill-and-Practice Through
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Problem Solving
Learning Theories
How many 4s are there in 12? 12 ÷ 4 = 3