The competition doesn't start when the kid is at 12 yr old, it started when the parents get married and they buy a house near to a good primary school. It is stressful for the whole family, not just the kid. As for examinations such as PSLE, the purpose is to statistically segregate the batch of students into a normalised population. Hence the questions are purposely created with a range of difficulties. If the papers are too easy and every student score above 90%, then it will be impossible to differentiate the better students from the average.
The reason why non Singaporeans find this hard is because most countries basically are teaching a vastly simplified version of college level contents of linear thinking. But Singapore primary school objective especially for maths is to make Singaporean kids be expert in pattern recognition which is both useful academically and in life. Once you get used to finding patterns, many of these questions become very inuititve.
As a singaporean student, I would say that these questions are actually easy, I messed up during maths PSLE in the perimeter question when I was rushing against time, getting an AL3, really sad... When I went home, I immediately wrote down the question I memorised and tried to solve again, done in 5 minutes. Edit: Thanks for the likes :) Wow.
Omg the perimeter question confused me too. I managed to get the answer in my head at the last second but I couldn’t erase my answer and write down the correct one so I lost marks for that. T-T
PSLE is really a weird thing because I remember not being too phased by it at 12, but when I went to tutor my younger cousins when I was much older it was much more difficult than I remembered it to be. I think the concepts itself are pretty self-explanatory, but the idea of problem solving is something that higher math doesn't necessarily touch on. For example, the concepts taught in PSLE Math are fairly elementary, but the questions are very application based, while O/N's Math has so many concepts, yet the questions are pretty bog-standard. I think the problem-solving aspect is pretty much what kills a lot of the students at 12 - modelling, algebra, geometry is all easy but a lot of them crumble under the questions. The thing about PSLE is that it lends itself a lot to nature over nurture IMO; the simplicity of the concepts make it so that the differentiator for students is actually natural analytical ability and inclination to thinking mathematically. There are a lot of people I know that didn't do well in PSLE Math but did well in higher level Math, and it wasn't due to lack of effort for sure.
Actually model drawing and heuristics have already existed since the 80s. If u manage to grab hold of PSLE Mathbpapers in the 80s, u will realise the level of difficulty then, can match what we see today PSLE Math is not as difficult as it is perceived to be. That said, a PSLE Math paper or PSLE in general does not define the worth of a student in the future. A student who did not do well in PSLE could always catch up in O Levels and A Levels PSLE assists students who do well to stream to elite schools. However, if a student who is allocated to a secondary school works hard and smart in his secondary and JC journey, he can also have an equal chance of doing well in the future
@@benjaminyh6252 It is really about resources and environment though. Now that they're mixing classes between streams it will probably become less prevalent, but I remember being more inclined to work harder and having better resources as the people around me weren't necessarily smarter but were more willing to put in the work because I went to a slightly over average neighbourhood school, and that would bleed over naturally. It's not even elite schools at this point; there are differences between middle-of-the-pack neighbourhood schools and the (then-188) T-score neighbourhood schools. I would argue the equal chance of doing well makes sense in theory, but in practice, the connections you make in those schools are HUGE differences that even leak into adult life. In terms of PSLE difficulty, the papers I would contend are definitely harder, but also at the same time, the level of students are definitely higher. We're seeing the effects of the normalisation of tuition, education policy and enhanced specific programmes make its mark on our young ones. Thus relatively, students will generally find it harder because at that age (and a lot of people don't grow out of it as well tbh) it's not about how well you do, it's about how well you do compared to your peers. Now that I look at it now, PSLE Math at the time was not difficult, but I perceived it as such because I thought getting 100% was the norm, which it seemed to kinda be due to the friends I had around me, and I wasn't getting that, even though I was getting extremely respectable scores.
@@jiangyuluprelims are made to be crazy hard so that it will push u to study more but the actual psle is not too difficult but this year’s math paper would probably be very difficult
kinda glad someone understands the pain us singaporean students go through, especially being a singaporean student myself. you should try the semicircle question from 2019 psle math paper, and see how you do 😂
@@virtue1993 YOO WE FROM THE SAME BATCH. I found the algebra questions easy (since I learnt it when I was in P4 and not in Sec1 or 2 oops), but the semicircle one hard. Good luck for o levels! My prelims just started :’)
Lmao the funniest part of the video is seriously ghib's commentary "wah 3 nus students solving 1 psle qn" 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ayumi sounds more sgean than Japanese lol
The maths psle papers are hell😂💀 I really can't passed them if it wasn't for this one science teacher who's really good at teaching maths teaches me maths for one year in primary 6, his method, his determination and his believe in me that I can pass is so touching that even though he was in hospital when I took the maths psle, he called me to give me encouragement on the morning before I took my math psle, I'm still so thankful to that teacher
As a student taking PSLE this year, the dot question is pretty easy. you have to minus the corners first and then divide by six sides. last step is plus two for the corners.
As a Singaporean, I can only say that the time has come so far that things are so much advanced than when we were before. I remembered algebra was only taught in secondary school. Btw even kindergarten is touching on subjects which were only taught in primary school previously. E.g photosynthesis was taught as subject science in primary four (10years old)for me, but during the time when i was working as support staff at MOE kindergarten i was shocked to realise they are already learning it at K2(6years old).
For those who are curious abt the last question: 132 divided by 3=44 137-132=5 5-3=2(extra A not enough to make a set) 3=1 more set 44+1=45sets ABA=2A and 1B=3letters 45 times 5=225 225+3=228 228+1=229 the reason the answer is not 228 is because after the last A in the pattern, it is still possible to have another letter that is not A. In that case that letter is the C behind the last A, which allows the answer to be 229 instead of 228.
"AABAC" is a set, take away the initial "ABAC", you have 135 As. For every set, there is 3 As, but 5 letters total. So there is a total of 135 / 3 = 45 sets. 45 sets is 45 x 5 = 225 letters. Add in the initial "ABAC". 229 letters.
I’m taking Psle this year. Although I did quite well for my prelim (not for science) , I’m still quite concerned whether I would really do well like I did for my prelim. Good luck to those taking psle this year, it may be stressful and all but in the end all of it would be worth it. Hope those taking psle will achieve your expected score and go to the secondary school you want to go. Don’t forget to do your September holiday homework too💀
good luck for your psle!! you can do it it's not hard just don't be careless ah all the best!! but don't go zhss / xmss got vaping people and the people and teachers there are uh yea
Your videos are getting more n more interesting!!! And your character n thinking about Sg . , , it's not your job to tell anyone, but Singaporeans who complain and complain, should learn from you how to appreciate Sg and be thankful they live here. Thank You, Sir!
As a kid who took this paper like 4 years ago, the question at 4:59 isnt all that bad... Honestly we just got used to it. I heard Singapore's syllabus in general tends to be much faster than other countries so Also I actually did not go to cram school. Most parents do tend to send them to cram school or cram classes in the form of tution centres like stalford or kumon. Love the video! Watching adults do PSLE is just so fun in general
@@AcediaRulerOfSlothidk tbh , I feel that , that pattern question is actually quite easy if u think about it. I mean just gotta take some time , seeing the where the pattern starts and end and ur pretty much good to go lol
I'm a marine engineer. I self taught my son PSLE Maths. Me alone no tutor. He got 93.5% for SA2 Pei Chun Pri 2018. Sheer hard work and lots of patience. 😊
I taken mine in 1989. I felt that the questions had gotten more trickier in the way being asked, especially for math which I noticed some years back when I saw a question my friend's kid was trying to do during a gathering at their house.
As a 12 year old student taking PSLE this year, I will say that these questions are Low-Key some of the easier ones. The real difficulty kicks in at Paper 2
PSLE is crazy lol. I never knew how crazy our standards were until I read about the S.A.T and wondering why it was so easy... Then I look at Gaokao in China or Korea's university exams and terrified at sitting in a exam hall for over 10 hours. Anyway, it seems hard to Ghib because you don't get taught the tricks to handle the questions. Most students are taught in a logical way to solve the problems. We are taught efficient ways to do times table, calculations. Modeling is also one of them. Btw, algebra only became more prominent in recent years. It used to be taught at secondary school level. I remember because I had no algebra questions for my paper. Instead, I had to do this Guess and Check method for questions like "there are 144 legs. How many chickens and cows are there?" because my teacher told me it was to teach us reasoning skills to use in algebra. Thanks for the video! I even found myself trying to solve some of the questions on screen.
PSLE (2000) English - C Chinese - A Maths - D Science - D Went to N Level, 4 years (Pass) Opt to O Level, 5th year (Fail) Stayed ITE, for 1 year Retake O Level, ITE 2nd year (Pass) Went to Poly, 3 years for Diploma Served NS, 2 years 😢
I have witnessed kids collapsing during psle, esp during math paper. When examiner announced "you have 15 min left"...the look in some kids' eyes. No joke.
I am a parent now who did badly in maths during my school days, the only topic I could grasp well is money. Yet I could retire financially secure at 38 years old. One failed subject don’t define your future, it’s your mind, heart and hands that shape your future life! :)
Ngl, as someone who took PSLE last year, these questions are actually pretty easy compared to many harder ones out there But I'm glad that people think Singapore has good education:)
Pressure started the moment you are born. All the 12 years of your life are spent preparing for this exam which lasts 2 hours 30 minutes in total. I DID IT THO! PROUD AL1 IN MATH!!,
I took PSLE in 1983 😂 I didn’t have to study for any test or exam but did well enough to get into SAP school. In secondary school and all throughout I was self motivated and enjoyed learning new things at school. Now my 10 yo niece tells me she hates school 😮 and I feel sad for all the pressure and tuition she has to go through. I don’t think I would have enjoyed school. Having said this, I appreciate all the high standards set in Singapore. I have lived in a western country for 15 years now and I shake my head at the lack of intelligence and ability to take pressure and work hard in the people of this country. And the education system just keeps getting worse in the 15 years I have lived here - the young ppl cannot write properly even though English is their first language and cannot do basics Maths even after finishing high school. Don’t take your Singapore education and work ethics for granted, you will excel anywhere in the world because you are the employee that many companies crave for but cannot find!
I don't recall it to be this difficult back in my days... I took my PSLE in 2005. I recalled the high expectation, the peers pressure, the insufficient sleep from homework, going for tuition, attending CCA. And that was just the start, it went on to O level, A level, etc. I did decent in my PSLE to progress, not great as compared to my peers. Did it matter 20 years later? No. But what it did, it gave me many years of inferiority complex. The PSLE questions now look harder than I remembered. Personally, I don't agree with this "world class" education we are adopting. Why are we giving the kids so much pressure? It doesn't start at 12 years old. The years of anxiety and pressure leading to PSLE.
I am so glad I managed to go past PSLE as a Singaporean and get A for math which idk how but I managed to do it and right now I am taking o levels! I suggest you to try o levels math one day!
I took my PSLE back in 1992 and even back then, it was insanely difficult. I remember this cos when i took my math paper, i was surrounded by the top Pri. 6 students, and they ALL started crying when the time limit was up. I actually couldn't finish the paper, and thought to myself... IMDEAD :D Thankfully and surprisingly, i did relatively well and made it into a secondary school of my choice :) Good job and お疲れ様でした for trying the math paper!
I remember the top students in my school cried when they got their psle results many years ago lol. They literally cried , complaining their results was too low when they got 240-260. Meanwhile I got 177 :/
Everyone has missed out on what learning and education is all about . The joy of learning has to be nurtured without the need to conform to meet expectations but to realise one’s innate potential . A certain push factor is essential .
Surprisingly these questions were quite simple to me. And this is coming from someone who didn’t even get 150 on her PSLE. To be fair, I did study harder in secondary school and I finally understood some of the math concepts that I previously just never grasped before. That's the one thing I really hated about math, all the concepts that went flying over my head for the longest time.
As a Singaporean student, looking back now i think psle is just like your normal weekly practice paper , as long as you work hard and persevere you will have no problems with getting a good grade Sooo for the p6s this year study hard!! The best part is after plse my teachers let us do anything like we played table tennis and uno everyday in class ...
I took mine in early 70s. Then, we were supposed to select 5 secondary schools of our choice and we will be given the results of which sec school we were finally got to attend based on PSLE results. The PSLE scores were not revealed to us.
as a 2023 psle student.....i've done those papers. that orange book is literally the same psle booklet as the one under my desk- so proud as a singaporean 12 year old
took PSLE back in 2017. as a top 3% in the cohort with 264+3 (3 for higher chinese distinction), i would like to express how much effort i’ve put in to get that score lmao. first off it’s legit consistency. since P1 you’ve got to make sure you’re always scoring one of the better ones in your class and when there is streaming by results, at least the top 3 classes. keeping up with HW and ensuring almost full attention in class is also a must, esp when you’re p6. at the start of p5 you’ve got to start planning, because 2 years isn’t a lot of time if you start counting the days you need for each topics of each subject. in p5 i didn’t do too great in the class, only considered average (but ofc the higher end in the school since i’m in the 3rd class) then when i reach p6, that was when i legit started grinding. i’ve completed all the PSLE past year papers and all other school papers, doing them consistently since around may onwards. before that apart from school work i do notes and revision every night. other than that, i halted my basketball trainings, ballet piano and art lessons just to focus on PSLE. because i had no tuition i had to put in even more work myself, recalling having my parents even prepare more nutritious food that was said to benefit the brain 💀 also had myself writing one essay per day for english since i wasn’t doing too great for that subject. i started counting down the days to PSLE since the start of p6, was rly q stressed throughout due to high expectations from my family and relatives. as we all know, parents compare us to the rest of the kids. the unfortunate thing is that most of my relatives’ kids are my age so the comparison is insane. ofc still had abit of fun here and there by secretly playing phone games with my cousin and going out to ball with my friends, but that’s it. the stress was q bad, recalling crying few days before PSLE because i couldn’t do some math questions and also not being able to sleep at all the night before papers now i’m 18 and currently a month away from A levels, i would say i’m also rly stressed and highkey hates the education system. okay goodbye gotta study
Definitely did not miss those PSLE questions, I remember just struggling to get above 60 for math in Primary 4, until math just suddenly made sense for me 1 day and i got an A* on the Math paper in the end, one of the questions that seem counterintuitive to me now was those assumption questions with 20 cent and 50 cent coins, but this truly brought back memories.
Did you do better for Arts subjects, what they call the Humanities? I was in the Science stream till O levels. Liberation Day came when I moved to the Arts stream for A levels, and did much better. Sometimes it’s just the natural aptitude that makes a difference.
@@uarmysoob perhaps you are naturally more inclined towards the more right-brained subjects like Lit, that allow some self-expression, ie expressing your views, rather than purely logical subjects like math and science. That’s why I dropped these subjects after O levels and ended up doing only Arts subjects at the uni. It’s good to recognise what you’re naturally good at and what will always be a struggle for you. Our brains are not all wired the same way.
That trapezium question got me. Maybe because my math logic skills are rusty. I remember PSLE math being a hell lot easier back then than expected after experiencing all the hellish workbooks, prelim and practice PSLE papers. Almost full marks according to my teacher.
hey i got to say im proud of myself for being able to solve most of the questions although im in sec 4 alr. but man back in my day, psle wasn't this difficult
Wah, how less difficult was PSLE in your batch? Sec 2 already die from PSLE 2021, I remember I sat for the 2021 math psle paper (yes, the one with helen and ivan) and I remember everybody was crying sial 💀 Most of us either failed or got around AL 6 (Around C or D in the old system) and uhh yeah I think most of the people from the 2021 PSLE batch got traumatised by the paper,, not sure why the Sec 1s that sat for the 2022 paper complained it was hard though, it didn't look that bad.
Singapore's focus on education is not so crazy when you think about it. Singapore as a country has no other thing going for them beside their human capital. They are tiny city state with no natural resources. Their strategic location can be easily negated without high quality human capital. They are surrounded by huge countries with huge populations. The tiny Singaporean population must be educated to a high degree to compete with the hundreds of millions strong populations of their neighbors.
Plus, Thailand actually started to cut across the Isthmus of Kra, which will take away so much sea traffic from SG’s port when (if) completed. From what I read the Thai King stopped the works for political reasons. Another reason why we can’t depend on our geographical location.
As a Singaporean taking his exam soon, I think that those qns are relatively easy and I know it from reading the qns. And yes I do go to math tuition which really helped me
13:03 Idk if anyone wants the solution for this, but here it is: The reason to why it is 229 and not 228 is because the question asks for greatest. It is very tricky, but it is simple once you understand. First, the letter A appears 3 times in every pattern (ABACA). Hence, to find no. of patterns, take 137/3 which is 45 r2. Which means there are 45 repeated patterns and 2 more A's. Next, simply take 45x5 (no of letters in 45 patterns) =225. Here is where the trick comes in: There are 4 more letters to the last A in ABACA, so some students may just add 3 (ABA) and forget about the C. Hope this helps
I am a secondary 2 student in Singapore and I have to admit. Secondary school math is a little easier than primary school math. I have a primary 5 brother who sometimes asks me help for math, and my mind just goes blank. I wish all primary 6 students good luck for their PSLE!
I rmb PSLE questions being tougher. Singapore ranks #1 or #2 on the PISA rankings n we are collectiely highest IQ in the world. Something to be proud of. Majulah Singapura! :)
PSLE Mathematics 2032 Paper Question 2: 2.8 million Singaporeans are eligible for $900 Solidarity Package payouts this year. However, the People's Republic of China is preparing for yet another war with the United States, and they are recruiting an army of 30 million soldiers. Assuming the energy cost of digitalization is $1.35/kwh, how many new citizens are projected to become Singaporeans this year? Assume Indonesia's population growth remained constant the previous 10 years at 4% pa, and the USD/SGD currency pair remains within the range of 1.34 to 1.38 the entire year. You are encouraged to use quantum mechanics in your working.
I guess it will be rather easy for adults, able to score on most of the MCQ questions. Try Maths Olympiad questions for the challenge which average adult's score is around 50% or below. Some of the brightest minds are amazingly impressive at such young age. E.g. Terence Tao ~
I have unlocked repressed memories from 10 years ago. I hated the math exams. I was always more of a languages girl. Got A for English and B Mother Tongue. Then Science is average but Math is the worst. I got a D and expected to fail. Again, this was 10 years ago so imagine the difference in the questions
as an australian, there is something called the ‘selective test’ in nsw for 11/12 yr olds entering selective high schools ( it is optional) and the questions are very similar.
The dots question is pretty easy. You need to realize that each vertex has a dot, and everything else is on an edge. There are 6 edges. So when where are 96 dots, each edge (minus the vertexes) has (96-6)/6 = 15 dots. Then add back 2 dots (because each edge ends on a vertex) for 17.
As someone who took PSLE last year, it was definitely very stressful. I only got AL3 in math, it wasn't that difficult but I was probably careless. Also, for the MCQ questions, you cannot use a calculator. AL1 is the highest score, 90 marks and above. AL2 is 85-89, AL 3 is 80-84. To those taking PSLE this year: GOOD LUCK To those who also have higher mother tongue: I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. You need it.
2:43 a trapezium is a quadrilateral where two of the sides are parellel to each other 4:48 i solved it in 10 seconds 5:29 i solved it in 10 seconds -also im taking my psle this year
I've returned most of my Primary School education to my all my teachers. It has been more than 30 years ago. These questions in the video would have sent me to panic mode if I were to take my PSLE once again.
honestly, O lvls are easier in relative to age. You just need to study and could get a decent grade of at least a B3, while in PSLE you do need to have full understanding of the problem you are dealing with and apply your reasonings and logic accurately. Don't forget that a B3 in o levels is only 65%, A1 or the highest grade attainable only at 75% while in PSLE a B is 70% and A* above 90%
Those qns are ez for me tho.. Honestly math is ez for me but idk why during p6, my grade dropped from A to like B(math) . I was a straight A student. As of now, I am a straight A1(math and amath) student. Im taking my O level this year
By the way PSLE have specially designed exams for slower learners, called foundational subjects. They just are simpler, more tame versions of the standard papers.
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As a frequent visitor to Japan and only returned on 12th July from 6th June , I approve your trip and I’m sure it will be a joyful and a fruitful trip now only this time but many more to come …. Love Japan so much and of coz our strong Sing dollar making it value for money…enjoy buddy
@@CrossbredmiMiyang ,,有難うございます,, btw i used to lived in japan, n this trip is to fix our PR becoz we cant go during covid i missed japan,, its like my2nd home ,,
I still remember the stress of psle last year. Not even joking when I looked at those questions, I clearly remember them as the 2021 PSLE paper (correct me if I’m wrong).
the dots question actually already gave a hint to how to solve it when they said when its 18 dots on each side (6 sided) there is 4 dots. so Total number of dots / number of sides +1, 18/6 +1 = 4, or in th case of 96 dots, 96/6 +1 = 17, as you need to add the starting dot itself. But i agree its probably hard for 12 year old to analyse and figure it out.
As a math tutor for more than 10 years, I can tell you that these questions are far from being the most difficult ones.
ikrr taking psle this year!
helen and ivan flashbacks😭
@@ChickenMacaroniimy batch my batch
@@ChickenMacaroniiexactly😭😭😭
@@insomnia699me too
The competition doesn't start when the kid is at 12 yr old, it started when the parents get married and they buy a house near to a good primary school.
It is stressful for the whole family, not just the kid.
As for examinations such as PSLE, the purpose is to statistically segregate the batch of students into a normalised population.
Hence the questions are purposely created with a range of difficulties.
If the papers are too easy and every student score above 90%, then it will be impossible to differentiate the better students from the average.
It starts when the couples are trying to get pregnant 😂
The reason why non Singaporeans find this hard is because most countries basically are teaching a vastly simplified version of college level contents of linear thinking. But Singapore primary school objective especially for maths is to make Singaporean kids be expert in pattern recognition which is both useful academically and in life. Once you get used to finding patterns, many of these questions become very inuititve.
Ya I agree.many of the math qn here is the same strategy of pattern recogniton,after which is normal basic math
and hence this is why i got a 34/100 for my prelim maths😭😭
the only reason why amath is easier than emath LOL. get used to basic calculus questions and you should cfm score s round 80
As a student taking psle this year, see how you guys are doing I think my teacher would call you and me stupid,. But you will still pass👍
@@octaus yea im also taking PSLE this year and im not sure if i will do good🤣🤣
The most important advice for any students taking PSLE Math is... "always double check your answers"
And study before taking the exam lol. Kinda regret not studying before taking the psle . Definitely got lower than what I could achieve
Facts . Btw i am 15
Can’t agree more
As a singaporean student, I would say that these questions are actually easy, I messed up during maths PSLE in the perimeter question when I was rushing against time, getting an AL3, really sad... When I went home, I immediately wrote down the question I memorised and tried to solve again, done in 5 minutes.
Edit: Thanks for the likes :) Wow.
i got AL 5.. ;-;
Omg the perimeter question confused me too. I managed to get the answer in my head at the last second but I couldn’t erase my answer and write down the correct one so I lost marks for that. T-T
HAHHAHA SAMEE thats like the most traumatizing question EVER ;(@@turquoisewolf_10
i thought our year was quite easy tbh 💀but the perimeter one was a tricky one thats for sure got AL1 for the math paper
It's just i didn't have enough time to finish paper 1 @@sasherux6044
PSLE is really a weird thing because I remember not being too phased by it at 12, but when I went to tutor my younger cousins when I was much older it was much more difficult than I remembered it to be. I think the concepts itself are pretty self-explanatory, but the idea of problem solving is something that higher math doesn't necessarily touch on. For example, the concepts taught in PSLE Math are fairly elementary, but the questions are very application based, while O/N's Math has so many concepts, yet the questions are pretty bog-standard.
I think the problem-solving aspect is pretty much what kills a lot of the students at 12 - modelling, algebra, geometry is all easy but a lot of them crumble under the questions. The thing about PSLE is that it lends itself a lot to nature over nurture IMO; the simplicity of the concepts make it so that the differentiator for students is actually natural analytical ability and inclination to thinking mathematically. There are a lot of people I know that didn't do well in PSLE Math but did well in higher level Math, and it wasn't due to lack of effort for sure.
The syllabus now is being accelerated every year. What we learnt and what they are learning is very very different.
Actually model drawing and heuristics have already existed since the 80s. If u manage to grab hold of PSLE Mathbpapers in the 80s, u will realise the level of difficulty then, can match what we see today
PSLE Math is not as difficult as it is perceived to be. That said, a PSLE Math paper or PSLE in general does not define the worth of a student in the future. A student who did not do well in PSLE could always catch up in O Levels and A Levels
PSLE assists students who do well to stream to elite schools. However, if a student who is allocated to a secondary school works hard and smart in his secondary and JC journey, he can also have an equal chance of doing well in the future
@@pingteo6104 I'm still kinda young HAHA; I took the PSLE 10 years ago, syllabus hasn't changed that much.
@@benjaminyh6252 It is really about resources and environment though. Now that they're mixing classes between streams it will probably become less prevalent, but I remember being more inclined to work harder and having better resources as the people around me weren't necessarily smarter but were more willing to put in the work because I went to a slightly over average neighbourhood school, and that would bleed over naturally. It's not even elite schools at this point; there are differences between middle-of-the-pack neighbourhood schools and the (then-188) T-score neighbourhood schools. I would argue the equal chance of doing well makes sense in theory, but in practice, the connections you make in those schools are HUGE differences that even leak into adult life.
In terms of PSLE difficulty, the papers I would contend are definitely harder, but also at the same time, the level of students are definitely higher. We're seeing the effects of the normalisation of tuition, education policy and enhanced specific programmes make its mark on our young ones. Thus relatively, students will generally find it harder because at that age (and a lot of people don't grow out of it as well tbh) it's not about how well you do, it's about how well you do compared to your peers. Now that I look at it now, PSLE Math at the time was not difficult, but I perceived it as such because I thought getting 100% was the norm, which it seemed to kinda be due to the friends I had around me, and I wasn't getting that, even though I was getting extremely respectable scores.
In think it got harder over the years
Being a survivor of PSLE, I must say that the mathematical question from PSLE are truly deadly. The "helen and ivan" truly is killable
Not that helen and ivan question 😭
helen and ivan 😭😭
Was it easy for you? Mine is next month. My prelims wasn't really well done. I'm kinda scared.
@@jiangyuluprelims are made to be crazy hard so that it will push u to study more but the actual psle is not too difficult but this year’s math paper would probably be very difficult
@@jiangyulu tbh psle is easier than prelims, don't worry that much
I don't remember how I managed to pass my PSLE lol! Good luck and all the best to our primary 6 students for their PSLE!
thx. Taking pSLE this year
sameeeee@@zhengen4053
Me too
Me too..
Yoo thx
kinda glad someone understands the pain us singaporean students go through, especially being a singaporean student myself. you should try the semicircle question from 2019 psle math paper, and see how you do 😂
I TOOK THAT PAPER. and i found the semicircle question easy. it was one of the algebra ones that tripped me up :')
@@virtue1993 YOO WE FROM THE SAME BATCH. I found the algebra questions easy (since I learnt it when I was in P4 and not in Sec1 or 2 oops), but the semicircle one hard. Good luck for o levels! My prelims just started :’)
@@virtue1993sameee
That bloody question still haunts me to this day.. f you 2019 psle math paper
YO im from the same batch :o i dont remember the qns honestly. i didnt have any troubles w math in pri sch tbf so psle math was a breeze for me
Lmao the funniest part of the video is seriously ghib's commentary "wah 3 nus students solving 1 psle qn" 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ayumi sounds more sgean than Japanese lol
The maths psle papers are hell😂💀 I really can't passed them if it wasn't for this one science teacher who's really good at teaching maths teaches me maths for one year in primary 6, his method, his determination and his believe in me that I can pass is so touching that even though he was in hospital when I took the maths psle, he called me to give me encouragement on the morning before I took my math psle, I'm still so thankful to that teacher
Always be grateful. ..👍👍👍
Your life is like a comic book / drama! 😂
As a student taking PSLE this year, the dot question is pretty easy. you have to minus the corners first and then divide by six sides. last step is plus two for the corners.
i wish i had known this last year for psle😭
yup suppa eazy
@@kyujincore oof- i am taking psle this year!! >.
I’m taking next year but I could solve
Why do you even need to subtract the corners first. Just divide by 6 and add 1.
Don't call yourself dumb! You are insanely talented! You excel in other ways.
As a Singaporean, I can only say that the time has come so far that things are so much advanced than when we were before. I remembered algebra was only taught in secondary school. Btw even kindergarten is touching on subjects which were only taught in primary school previously. E.g photosynthesis was taught as subject science in primary four (10years old)for me, but during the time when i was working as support staff at MOE kindergarten i was shocked to realise they are already learning it at K2(6years old).
For those who are curious abt the last question:
132 divided by 3=44
137-132=5
5-3=2(extra A not enough to make a set)
3=1 more set
44+1=45sets
ABA=2A and 1B=3letters
45 times 5=225
225+3=228
228+1=229
the reason the answer is not 228 is because after the last A in the pattern, it is still possible to have another letter that is not A. In that case that letter is the C behind the last A, which allows the answer to be 229 instead of 228.
"AABAC" is a set, take away the initial "ABAC", you have 135 As. For every set, there is 3 As, but 5 letters total. So there is a total of 135 / 3 = 45 sets. 45 sets is 45 x 5 = 225 letters. Add in the initial "ABAC". 229 letters.
Ayumi must have been living in Singapore for a while, she speaks like a true bred Singaporean!
Yeah, i thought her English accent is very local. Sounded more like a Singaporean that studied overseas 😁
I'm so surprised that Ghib Ojisan have so many young fan when i read through the comments!😮
Me too. Wondering if it was the subject of PSLE that drew more attention than usual.
PSLE problems evolve through the decades. These types of problems that you were doing used to be for secondary 3 when i was still a student.
Yes they accelerated the syllabus by so much, it’s crazy.
Yes! I agree!
I’m taking Psle this year. Although I did quite well for my prelim (not for science) , I’m still quite concerned whether I would really do well like I did for my prelim. Good luck to those taking psle this year, it may be stressful and all but in the end all of it would be worth it. Hope those taking psle will achieve your expected score and go to the secondary school you want to go. Don’t forget to do your September holiday homework too💀
Good luck for your PSLE! I hope that you get into the school/course that you want to go to!
omg good luck! im sure you'll do great :D
good luck for your psle!! you can do it it's not hard just don't be careless ah all the best!! but don't go zhss / xmss got vaping people and the people and teachers there are uh yea
@@dogfoodtastergo to raffles😊
@@dogfoodtaster thank youu so much🥹
I’ve done all these questions this year. As a p6, practice makes perfect. I find all these questions rather easy too.
good luck for your psle! also tell people not to come to zhss / xmss people vape there and there's a lot of weird stuff
good luck for psle, bc if last year is ez this year is going to be hard.
Your videos are getting more n more interesting!!!
And your character n thinking about Sg . , , it's not your job to tell anyone, but Singaporeans who complain and complain, should learn from you how to appreciate Sg and be thankful they live here.
Thank You, Sir!
As a kid who took this paper like 4 years ago, the question at 4:59 isnt all that bad... Honestly we just got used to it. I heard Singapore's syllabus in general tends to be much faster than other countries so
Also I actually did not go to cram school. Most parents do tend to send them to cram school or cram classes in the form of tution centres like stalford or kumon.
Love the video! Watching adults do PSLE is just so fun in general
it's also a pattern recognition question which honestly, if you were trained well for it, it's pretty obvious at a glance
@@AcediaRulerOfSlothidk tbh , I feel that , that pattern question is actually quite easy if u think about it. I mean just gotta take some time , seeing the where the pattern starts and end and ur pretty much good to go lol
@@unknown-hn7ib i mean yeah that's my point. Pri sch we're all trained to look for patterns so qns like that becomes easier
I took PSLE more than 40yrs ago 😅I had 4As but I don't think I can do the maths questions again 😂
As a Singaporean, I can confirm I was dying during the math psle paper😅
Chinese is the hardest actually.
I don’t take Chinese so math is probably the hardest for me imo
@@blue-xb1cqFor Chinese students it’s not too hard
@@blue-xb1cq I concur but mainly because I absoulutely hate Chinese. Although I managed to get through Japanese JLPT easily enough.
Science the most difficult for me
I'm a marine engineer. I self taught my son PSLE Maths. Me alone no tutor. He got 93.5% for SA2 Pei Chun Pri 2018. Sheer hard work and lots of patience. 😊
I taken mine in 1989. I felt that the questions had gotten more trickier in the way being asked, especially for math which I noticed some years back when I saw a question my friend's kid was trying to do during a gathering at their house.
you don't say LOL
Those questions are meant to sift out the elite students so they have higher grades to apply to elite schools
As a 12 year old student taking PSLE this year, I will say that these questions are Low-Key some of the easier ones. The real difficulty kicks in at Paper 2
yeah same
u guys are so young lol atb for ur psle!!
PSLE is crazy lol. I never knew how crazy our standards were until I read about the S.A.T and wondering why it was so easy... Then I look at Gaokao in China or Korea's university exams and terrified at sitting in a exam hall for over 10 hours. Anyway, it seems hard to Ghib because you don't get taught the tricks to handle the questions. Most students are taught in a logical way to solve the problems. We are taught efficient ways to do times table, calculations. Modeling is also one of them. Btw, algebra only became more prominent in recent years. It used to be taught at secondary school level. I remember because I had no algebra questions for my paper. Instead, I had to do this Guess and Check method for questions like "there are 144 legs. How many chickens and cows are there?" because my teacher told me it was to teach us reasoning skills to use in algebra.
Thanks for the video! I even found myself trying to solve some of the questions on screen.
At my age they did teach algebra at p6, but then for most word problems you can get by with modelling. Only the pro kids use algebra to solve
Yes our kids are drilled on how to solve such questions. If not, who would know how to solve at 12 yo 😵💫
PSLE (2000)
English - C
Chinese - A
Maths - D
Science - D
Went to N Level, 4 years (Pass)
Opt to O Level, 5th year (Fail)
Stayed ITE, for 1 year
Retake O Level, ITE 2nd year (Pass)
Went to Poly, 3 years for Diploma
Served NS, 2 years 😢
Very honest guy.
You have resilience to try and that’s a marvellous attitude and value which is admirable.
Longer route, but you became more resilient and mature, and still got there in the end. You have guts. I salute you!
I have witnessed kids collapsing during psle, esp during math paper. When examiner announced "you have 15 min left"...the look in some kids' eyes. No joke.
Doing PSLE questions at 12 years old is very different from tackling them from an adult's perspective 😅.. I really hated Maths as a kid!
I am a parent now who did badly in maths during my school days, the only topic I could grasp well is money. Yet I could retire financially secure at 38 years old. One failed subject don’t define your future, it’s your mind, heart and hands that shape your future life! :)
Ngl, as someone who took PSLE last year, these questions are actually pretty easy compared to many harder ones out there
But I'm glad that people think Singapore has good education:)
I laugh at how Ayumi laughed at you for the answer 1.5/5. Both of them are so cute.
I thought it's logically correct, since the question didn't ask for simplification of fractions. I personally would've marked it as correct.
1.5/5 = 3/2 x 1/5 = 3/10
Ghib refreshing all of our childhood trauma with one video
Sorry ah!
Pressure started the moment you are born. All the 12 years of your life are spent preparing for this exam which lasts 2 hours 30 minutes in total. I DID IT THO! PROUD AL1 IN MATH!!,
I took PSLE in 1983 😂 I didn’t have to study for any test or exam but did well enough to get into SAP school. In secondary school and all throughout I was self motivated and enjoyed learning new things at school. Now my 10 yo niece tells me she hates school 😮 and I feel sad for all the pressure and tuition she has to go through. I don’t think I would have enjoyed school. Having said this, I appreciate all the high standards set in Singapore. I have lived in a western country for 15 years now and I shake my head at the lack of intelligence and ability to take pressure and work hard in the people of this country. And the education system just keeps getting worse in the 15 years I have lived here - the young ppl cannot write properly even though English is their first language and cannot do basics Maths even after finishing high school. Don’t take your Singapore education and work ethics for granted, you will excel anywhere in the world because you are the employee that many companies crave for but cannot find!
you are born in the year of the boar. 1971 ?
I don't recall it to be this difficult back in my days... I took my PSLE in 2005. I recalled the high expectation, the peers pressure, the insufficient sleep from homework, going for tuition, attending CCA. And that was just the start, it went on to O level, A level, etc. I did decent in my PSLE to progress, not great as compared to my peers. Did it matter 20 years later? No. But what it did, it gave me many years of inferiority complex. The PSLE questions now look harder than I remembered. Personally, I don't agree with this "world class" education we are adopting. Why are we giving the kids so much pressure? It doesn't start at 12 years old. The years of anxiety and pressure leading to PSLE.
It’s starts in pre-school and even prenatal education 🥴
I am so glad I managed to go past PSLE as a Singaporean and get A for math which idk how but I managed to do it and right now I am taking o levels! I suggest you to try o levels math one day!
O level mathematics is much easier than PSLE maths for people like me who didn't learn modelling as a child.
Yeah I agree with you because we use algebra on everything unlike models 😅@@ignatiuschua5268
I’m so grateful to have finished schooling before everything got so much tougher. Idk how I muddled through.
I took my PSLE back in 1992 and even back then, it was insanely difficult. I remember this cos when i took my math paper, i was surrounded by the top Pri. 6 students, and they ALL started crying when the time limit was up. I actually couldn't finish the paper, and thought to myself... IMDEAD :D
Thankfully and surprisingly, i did relatively well and made it into a secondary school of my choice :)
Good job and お疲れ様でした for trying the math paper!
I remember the top students in my school cried when they got their psle results many years ago lol. They literally cried , complaining their results was too low when they got 240-260. Meanwhile I got 177 :/
Everyone has missed out on what learning and education is all about . The joy of learning has to be nurtured without the need to conform to meet expectations but to realise one’s innate potential . A certain push factor is essential .
Surprisingly these questions were quite simple to me. And this is coming from someone who didn’t even get 150 on her PSLE.
To be fair, I did study harder in secondary school and I finally understood some of the math concepts that I previously just never grasped before. That's the one thing I really hated about math, all the concepts that went flying over my head for the longest time.
But math in secondary school is very different from primary school math
As a Singaporean student, looking back now i think psle is just like your normal weekly practice paper , as long as you work hard and persevere you will have no problems with getting a good grade
Sooo for the p6s this year study hard!! The best part is after plse my teachers let us do anything like we played table tennis and uno everyday in class ...
Those questions didn't seem as difficult as the ones I taught my kids when they were younger. Some questions needed to use modelling to solve them. 😅
I remembered my kids' questions were much tougher. The modelling really kills me as I did not learn that in school.
@@MrJermson took PSLE in 1994. i recall we already learnt modelling back then
@@Trinetra3382 I took mine in the 1980s!
I took mine in early 70s. Then, we were supposed to select 5 secondary schools of our choice and we will be given the results of which sec school we were finally got to attend based on PSLE results. The PSLE scores were not revealed to us.
Was happy when my kid moved on to secondary school and had good old algebra 😂
as a 2023 psle student.....i've done those papers. that orange book is literally the same psle booklet as the one under my desk- so proud as a singaporean 12 year old
the nostalgia when u are in the bookstore and see past year psle booklets 💀
took PSLE back in 2017. as a top 3% in the cohort with 264+3 (3 for higher chinese distinction), i would like to express how much effort i’ve put in to get that score lmao.
first off it’s legit consistency. since P1 you’ve got to make sure you’re always scoring one of the better ones in your class and when there is streaming by results, at least the top 3 classes. keeping up with HW and ensuring almost full attention in class is also a must, esp when you’re p6. at the start of p5 you’ve got to start planning, because 2 years isn’t a lot of time if you start counting the days you need for each topics of each subject.
in p5 i didn’t do too great in the class, only considered average (but ofc the higher end in the school since i’m in the 3rd class)
then when i reach p6, that was when i legit started grinding. i’ve completed all the PSLE past year papers and all other school papers, doing them consistently since around may onwards. before that apart from school work i do notes and revision every night.
other than that, i halted my basketball trainings, ballet piano and art lessons just to focus on PSLE.
because i had no tuition i had to put in even more work myself, recalling having my parents even prepare more nutritious food that was said to benefit the brain 💀 also had myself writing one essay per day for english since i wasn’t doing too great for that subject.
i started counting down the days to PSLE since the start of p6, was rly q stressed throughout due to high expectations from my family and relatives. as we all know, parents compare us to the rest of the kids. the unfortunate thing is that most of my relatives’ kids are my age so the comparison is insane.
ofc still had abit of fun here and there by secretly playing phone games with my cousin and going out to ball with my friends, but that’s it.
the stress was q bad, recalling crying few days before PSLE because i couldn’t do some math questions and also not being able to sleep at all the night before papers
now i’m 18 and currently a month away from A levels, i would say i’m also rly stressed and highkey hates the education system. okay goodbye gotta study
Definitely did not miss those PSLE questions, I remember just struggling to get above 60 for math in Primary 4, until math just suddenly made sense for me 1 day and i got an A* on the Math paper in the end, one of the questions that seem counterintuitive to me now was those assumption questions with 20 cent and 50 cent coins, but this truly brought back memories.
he bought the ten years series lol
as a singaporean, i can confirm i struggled the most with math for psle. and i still don’t get math to this day
Did you do better for Arts subjects, what they call the Humanities? I was in the Science stream till O levels. Liberation Day came when I moved to the Arts stream for A levels, and did much better. Sometimes it’s just the natural aptitude that makes a difference.
@@annechiang4278if u mean for Os, i did better for english, lit and art. i was pretty bad at math and science still 💀
@@uarmysoob perhaps you are naturally more inclined towards the more right-brained subjects like Lit, that allow some self-expression, ie expressing your views, rather than purely logical subjects like math and science. That’s why I dropped these subjects after O levels and ended up doing only Arts subjects at the uni. It’s good to recognise what you’re naturally good at and what will always be a struggle for you. Our brains are not all wired the same way.
as a student taking psle this year, i have to show this to my mum :)
I can’t remember how to use my brain after so many years! 😂🤣
That trapezium question got me. Maybe because my math logic skills are rusty. I remember PSLE math being a hell lot easier back then than expected after experiencing all the hellish workbooks, prelim and practice PSLE papers. Almost full marks according to my teacher.
hey i got to say im proud of myself for being able to solve most of the questions although im in sec 4 alr. but man back in my day, psle wasn't this difficult
43yo here. I scored A for math in PSLE, but I would prob score F now lol😂
"Back in your day" was like only 4 years ago leh 😂
Seriously I'm curious.. did Covid in 2020 feel long ago to you?
SEC 4 ONLY SAY BACK IN MY DAY
Wah, how less difficult was PSLE in your batch? Sec 2 already die from PSLE 2021, I remember I sat for the 2021 math psle paper (yes, the one with helen and ivan) and I remember everybody was crying sial 💀
Most of us either failed or got around AL 6 (Around C or D in the old system) and uhh yeah I think most of the people from the 2021 PSLE batch got traumatised by the paper,, not sure why the Sec 1s that sat for the 2022 paper complained it was hard though, it didn't look that bad.
@@aero.l ya covid basically made me feel old
I've taken PSLE of year 2022. It was honestly manageable. But some questions can truly be FRUSTRATING.
I recognise so many of those questions lol
Singapore's focus on education is not so crazy when you think about it.
Singapore as a country has no other thing going for them beside their human capital. They are tiny city state with no natural resources. Their strategic location can be easily negated without high quality human capital. They are surrounded by huge countries with huge populations.
The tiny Singaporean population must be educated to a high degree to compete with the hundreds of millions strong populations of their neighbors.
Plus, Thailand actually started to cut across the Isthmus of Kra, which will take away so much sea traffic from SG’s port when (if) completed. From what I read the Thai King stopped the works for political reasons. Another reason why we can’t depend on our geographical location.
As a Singaporean taking his exam soon, I think that those qns are relatively easy and I know it from reading the qns. And yes I do go to math tuition which really helped me
Me who is a P4 and now scared for PSLE in 2 years😢
Dont worry. You'll get there when the time comes!❤
good luck🫶🏻🍀
13:03 Idk if anyone wants the solution for this, but here it is:
The reason to why it is 229 and not 228 is because the question asks for greatest. It is very tricky, but it is simple once you understand. First, the letter A appears 3 times in every pattern (ABACA). Hence, to find no. of patterns, take 137/3 which is 45 r2. Which means there are 45 repeated patterns and 2 more A's. Next, simply take 45x5 (no of letters in 45 patterns) =225. Here is where the trick comes in: There are 4 more letters to the last A in ABACA, so some students may just add 3 (ABA) and forget about the C. Hope this helps
I think most are fine but there'll always be a few very difficult ones that don't seem to make sense even to an adult haha.
As a singaporean 12 year old *this is so true* psle so soon with me luck 🤞listening compre this week
I’m sorry Ghib I lost it at 1.5/5 because that’s what I would have written if I didn’t know how to do this! 😂😂
It’s okay Ghib. Math is hard
10:33
It’s suppose to be 3/10 if you don’t know
I am a secondary 2 student in Singapore and I have to admit. Secondary school math is a little easier than primary school math. I have a primary 5 brother who sometimes asks me help for math, and my mind just goes blank. I wish all primary 6 students good luck for their PSLE!
Seeing these questions, I'm amazed how I evem managed to pass PSLE🤣🤣🤣
i remember when i took my psle maths (i was a victim of that one semicircle question). i couldn't finish it and walked out crying 😭😭
The sad thing about this is that PSLE kids are probably tired and need the supplements that Ghib is promoting😢
I took PSLE last year!!!. I sent this to my parents and they said oh ok nice😂😂
I rmb PSLE questions being tougher. Singapore ranks #1 or #2 on the PISA rankings n we are collectiely highest IQ in the world. Something to be proud of. Majulah Singapura! :)
Last year was the most painful part of my life losing my grandparents and psle😢
PSLE Mathematics 2032 Paper Question 2:
2.8 million Singaporeans are eligible for $900 Solidarity Package payouts this year. However, the People's Republic of China is preparing for yet another war with the United States, and they are recruiting an army of 30 million soldiers. Assuming the energy cost of digitalization is $1.35/kwh, how many new citizens are projected to become Singaporeans this year? Assume Indonesia's population growth remained constant the previous 10 years at 4% pa, and the USD/SGD currency pair remains within the range of 1.34 to 1.38 the entire year. You are encouraged to use quantum mechanics in your working.
Can someone show the model answer?
PFFT BAHAHAHAHA
I guess it will be rather easy for adults, able to score on most of the MCQ questions.
Try Maths Olympiad questions for the challenge which average adult's score is around 50% or below.
Some of the brightest minds are amazingly impressive at such young age. E.g. Terence Tao ~
I have unlocked repressed memories from 10 years ago. I hated the math exams. I was always more of a languages girl. Got A for English and B Mother Tongue. Then Science is average but Math is the worst. I got a D and expected to fail. Again, this was 10 years ago so imagine the difference in the questions
As a right-brained person, I’m totally with you.
as an australian, there is something called the ‘selective test’ in nsw for 11/12 yr olds entering selective high schools ( it is optional) and the questions are very similar.
I did PSLE in 2019. I feel like these questions are harder than what I did back then
As someone who took it last year, my brain mentally died at the second paper 1 question, and it hasn't even been a year yet.
Omg same I still remembered the semi-circle question and the pattern question back then 😥rn I am taking o levels another hurdle to get through
@@Chxrrypieomg sameee:
Oji san..this such good content!!! Keep it up Jepun lang!!!
Great video as always, and your guests are always on point
the papers were designed to separate the really good students from the average ones
I just tried my primary 4 niece math paper and it was harder than this. 🤣
My in exam: 😮😮😮 so hard no study..!!
My eraser:😊 Use me...
If u don't understand it means u write numbers on the eraser and try Ur luck...
𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥'𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕕𝕠 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕠 😂
The dots question is pretty easy. You need to realize that each vertex has a dot, and everything else is on an edge. There are 6 edges. So when where are 96 dots, each edge (minus the vertexes) has (96-6)/6 = 15 dots. Then add back 2 dots (because each edge ends on a vertex) for 17.
3 NUS students solving 1 PSLE question 🤣
Hi Sec 2 Singaporean here, a trapezium is a 4 sided 2d figure with one set of parallel lines
Good description.
As someone who took PSLE last year, it was definitely very stressful. I only got AL3 in math, it wasn't that difficult but I was probably careless.
Also, for the MCQ questions, you cannot use a calculator.
AL1 is the highest score, 90 marks and above. AL2 is 85-89, AL 3 is 80-84. To those taking PSLE this year: GOOD LUCK To those who also have higher mother tongue: I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. You need it.
hi siqi😊😊
such a tiny workd
Gasp
As someone who did psle, it’s not that hard, the standards are also lowering because more and more parents complain it’s too difficult
2:43 a trapezium is a quadrilateral where two of the sides are parellel to each other
4:48 i solved it in 10 seconds
5:29 i solved it in 10 seconds
-also im taking my psle this year
*parallel
Me too
You have a bright future ahead!
I've returned most of my Primary School education to my all my teachers. It has been more than 30 years ago. These questions in the video would have sent me to panic mode if I were to take my PSLE once again.
Try our GCE 0 level papers next round.
honestly, O lvls are easier in relative to age. You just need to study and could get a decent grade of at least a B3, while in PSLE you do need to have full understanding of the problem you are dealing with and apply your reasonings and logic accurately. Don't forget that a B3 in o levels is only 65%, A1 or the highest grade attainable only at 75% while in PSLE a B is 70% and A* above 90%
@@Shtikface A* is above 90%? oh I never know I got above 90%
@@Shtikface sorry to bother, so what is A in PSLE?
@@OnMusicSoon1 A is 75+, basically an A1 for gce
Those qns are ez for me tho.. Honestly math is ez for me but idk why during p6, my grade dropped from A to like B(math) . I was a straight A student. As of now, I am a straight A1(math and amath) student. Im taking my O level this year
The most hard and stressful one is from Korea.
If too hard later many 12 year old jump off HDB flat. Cannot like that.
Seems like the MOE is trying its best to outwit students, Past Year Series, parents and tuition centres every single year 😊.
WHY the last question is not 228?
cuz ACABA so its ACAB, 4 more letters
The last pattern can stop at ABAC, greatest possible number
By the way PSLE have specially designed exams for slower learners, called foundational subjects. They just are simpler, more tame versions of the standard papers.
Hi Ghib,, i m flying to japan this sunday, maybe i will look there the suntory EX,, hehe,, I hate exam hehe, i dont like math, only good in english 😂😅,, Japan i m cominggggg ,,, wo lai leeeee 🤣,, i will ask my japanese friends to subscribe to Your channel Ghib,, 😅👍
Have fun in Japan Sujani san!!
@@willie8452 ,,, willie aaaaa yah,, thanks Wille,,
As a frequent visitor to Japan and only returned on 12th July from 6th June , I approve your trip and I’m sure it will be a joyful and a fruitful trip now only this time but many more to come …. Love Japan so much and of coz our strong Sing dollar making it value for money…enjoy buddy
@@CrossbredmiMiyang ,,有難うございます,, btw i used to lived in japan, n this trip is to fix our PR becoz we cant go during covid i missed japan,, its like my2nd home ,,
survivor of psle, i took psle a year ago. now im in sec 1. i feel like the 2022 psle batch got it easy tbh
U r not allowed to use calculator for paper 1
True lah I’m 12 years old😂
well, i'd say that the competition starts at around primary 2, when students are separated into different classes in primary 3.
Even Mensa IQ test seems easier than PSLE 😱
Because IQ tests are not quite the same as maths or language assessments.
@@huaiweitrue
Mensa IQ tests are not quantitative or language based, to avoid cultural bias.
I still remember the stress of psle last year. Not even joking when I looked at those questions, I clearly remember them as the 2021 PSLE paper (correct me if I’m wrong).
There is very high rate of P6 students who didnt meet their parents' expectation. Very sad.
I like how the question is less on smart and more thinking another way
the dots question actually already gave a hint to how to solve it when they said when its 18 dots on each side (6 sided) there is 4 dots.
so Total number of dots / number of sides +1,
18/6 +1 = 4, or in th case of 96 dots, 96/6 +1 = 17, as you need to add the starting dot itself. But i agree its probably hard for 12 year old to analyse and figure it out.
The fact that I find the psle question that is said to be the hardest is easier than the folding paper question