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6. | Ministry of Education, Singapore (1991, 2000, 2006, 2012)

7. Mathematics is “an excellent vehicle for
the development and improvement of a
person’s intellectual competence”.
|Ministry of Education, Singapore (2006)
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develop
consolidate
extend

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15. A box holds 4 cupcakes.
How many boxes are needed to hold 15 cupcakes?
Newman Procedure
• Read
• Comprehend
• Know Strategy
• Transform
• Compute
• Interpret

16. A box holds 4 cupcakes.
How many boxes are needed to hold 15 cupcakes?
Newman Procedure
• Read
• Comprehend
• Know Strategy
• Transform
• Compute
• Interpret - some students can perform the computation but
gives the answer as 3 remainder 3 or 3.75
Using Division Sentence
15 ÷ 4 = 3 remainder 3
At least 4 boxes are
needed to hold the
cupcakes.

17. A box holds 4
cupcakes.
How many boxes are
needed to hold 13
cupcakes?
A box holds 4
cupcakes.
How many boxes are
needed to hold 15
cupcakes?
Find the value of 12.8 ÷ 4Find the value of 12.8 ÷ 4 .
Which version is a better test item? Why?