Tuesday, March 31, 2015

March 31 on Apples



How many such plates can be prepared using 45 green apples and 45 red apples?

Which of these is correct?
45 divided by 4 = 11 remainder 1
45 divided by 5 = 9
90 divided by 9 = 10

Sunday, March 29, 2015

March 30 on Public Housing

Calculate the percentage increase in the number of public flats since 1959.

Friday, March 27, 2015

March 27 on Politics

Lee Kuan Yew had just passed away and the country is in mourning and there news is filled with the life of the great leader.

"The People's Action Party had just swept the 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election, winning 43 out of 51 seats. It was the first time the PAP, which up till then was an opposition party, had come to power." | Source Straits Times

How many percent of the seats was won by PAP in 1959 General Election? Explain how the caluxlation can be done easily without the use of a calculator.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

March 26 on Queue

How many persons are in front of you for you to have to stand in line for eight hours to pay your last respects?

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

March 25 on Exercise

Mr Lee Kuan Yew liked to exercise. Some politician got slammed for dedication his exercise to Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Here is one on exercise.

Ben has an hour of exercise with his trainer. He has to complete ten exercises. Each exercise is to be done three repetitions, each time takes 1.5 minutes including rest time. Can he complete all these in an hour? What is the latest time he needs to arrive to finish all these exercises by 7 p.m.?


Sunday, March 22, 2015

March 23 on Lee Kuan Yew

Remembering Lee Kuan Yew.

(1) How old was he when he passed away?

(2) Looking at the line graph, what can you say about GDP per person for Singapore since 1960?