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2009 PSLE Maths Question

Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim's sweets to chocolates became 1 : 7 and the ratio of Ken's sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?. Ans: 68 sweets (5marks)

Jan challenged me to this.
Took ehem.. quite a super duper long time to solve with model drawing.
If i had this question during my PSLE, i will definitely skip this and be contented with just having 95/100 for maths.
Why make life so difficult for P6?
hai..i can only say i really pity the generations to come, the rat race will be crazier and crazier and CRAZZZIERRRR (get my point?)


But i like MacDonald's(hungry)reminder of prayer..

"... 'But if God is so good as you represent Him, and if he knows all that we need, and far better than we do ourselves, why should it be necessary to ask Him for anything?'

I answered, what if the main object in God's idea of prayer be the supplying of our great, endless need- The need of Himself..

Hunger may drive the runaway child home, and he may or may not be fed at once, but he NEEDs his mother more than his dinner. Communion with God is the one need of the soul beyond all needs...We must ask that we may receive : but that we should receive what we ask in respect of our lower needs, is not God's end in making us pray, for He could give us everything without that: to bring His child to his knee, God withholds that man may ask.
Blessed is the one who desires Him rather than what He gives." ---George MacDonald

He said to them, "When you pray, say:
'Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.' Luke11:2-4

hallowed-let ur name be regarded as holy.It's not so much a petition as it is an act of worship; the speaker,by his words, exalts the holiness of God

bread-emblematic here of all our physical needs -shelter, clothing,transportation,money,etc. It also underlines the basic uncertainty of our temporal life

--the expositor's Bible Commentary, p 947