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Enrichment Activities!
to promote reflective thinking My Pals Are Here! & Shaping Maths
Professional Development Programme
Dr Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute
Singapore
Slides are available at www.facebook.com/MCISingapore
Da Qiao Primary School, Singapore
Mathematics is “an excellent vehicle for
the development and improvement of a
person’s intellectual competence”.
Ministry of Education, Singapore (2006)
thinkingschools learningnation
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Think of ways to add 8 and 6
8 + 6 =
2 4
10 + 4 = 14
make 10
8 + 6 =
4 4
4 + 10 = 14
Which is a better way? 8 + 6 = 20 – 6 Can you explain this?
Enrichment Activities!
to promote reflective thinking My Pals Are Here! & Shaping Maths
Professional Development Programme
Dr Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute
Singapore
Slides are available at www.facebook.com/MCISingapore
Da Qiao Primary School, Singapore
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Question : What is the lowest score she can
get in the third essay to still win the prize?
Question : What is the lowest
total marks for the three
essays to win the prize?
Question : What is the
total marks for the first
two essays?
80 x 3 = 240
240 – 82 – 75 = 240 – 157
= 240 – 140 – 17
= …
82 75 ??
80 77 ??
80 77 83
80 80 80
Posing questions as enrichment Alternate method as enrichment
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Can Jean’s score for
the first two essays be
50 and 50?
What is the lowest Jean can score
for the first two essays and still stand
a chance to win the prize, assuming
the maximum score per essay is
100?
Questioning assumptions as enrichment