Essential Primary Maths Guide

Marshall Cavendish Education Pte Ltd

About this app

Prepare your child for exams by developing their confidence in solving challenging problems!

Brand new app based on ‘The Essential Parents’ Guide to Primary Maths’ – the much awaited boost for parents especially for those with children in Primary 5 and 6.

About the Essential Parents’ Guide book:

- Equips parents with the latest problem-solving strategies to help them coach their child in Maths.
- Exposes parents to a wide range of exam questions for familiarity which provides the opportunity to help their child prepare for exams.

Preview of the Guide book:

Section 1 looks into the different types of problem solving strategies.
- Brief explanation of each strategy and examples showing parents how to teach the child to apply the strategies are provided.
- At the end of each strategy, parents and children can practise the exercises together to check children’s understanding.
- The icon beside each exercise shows its suitability for lower or upper primary levels.

Section 2 deals with Polya’s 4-step problem-solving approach.
- Understanding these 4 steps will help parents to coach children in thinking systematically through a problem.

Section 3 focuses on the application of the strategies and the problem-solving approach to challenging exam-type problems as well as non-routine problems.