Primary 4 Problem Solving

Objectives

Encourage students to adopt the right approach in understanding and solving problems.
Cultivate students’ interest in Mathematics through challenges to achieve a sense of accomplishment.

Year End Holiday	Semester 1 (Jan – Mar)
– Whole Numbers (Place Values, Factors & Multiples, Multiplication & Division, Working Backwards) – Fractions (Mixed & Improper Fractions, Fractions of a set, Addition & Subtraction) – Geometry (Construction, Angles) – Area & Perimeter – Decimals (Place Values, Four Operation) – Revision Exercise	– Whole Numbers – Fractions (Operations) – Problem Solving on Fractions – Problem Solving on Whole Numbers – Tables & Graphs – Perpendicular & Parallel Lines – Symmetry & Tessellation – Revision Exercise
March Holiday	Semester 1 (Mar – May)
– Whole Numbers – Fractions – Tables & Graphs – Area & Perimeter – Revision Exercise	– Whole Numbers – Fractions – Guess & Check – Angles – Area & Perimeter – Decimals – Revision Exercise – Mock Paper
Mid Year Holiday	Semester 2 (Jun – Sep)
– Problem Solving on Whole Numbers – Problem Solving on Fractions – Tessellations – Decimals – Angles – Area & Perimeter – Time – Symmetry – Revision Exercise	– Four Operations on Decimals – Problem Solving on Whole Numbers – Problem Solving on Fractions – Problem Solving on Decimals – Problem Solving on Time – Short or Extra Concept – Working Backwards – Tables & Graphs – Revision Exercise
September Holiday	Semester 2 (Sep – Nov)
– Whole Number – Fractions – Decimals – Area & Perimeter – Number Patterns – Summation – Heuristic Problem Solving – Revision Exercise	– Heuristic Problem Solving – Area & Perimeter – Mock Papers

Topics covered are subjected to change depending on the ability of students.