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PSLE Math Guides

Clear methods for PSLE Math problem sums, heuristics, and the mistakes that cost marks.

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PSLE Math · 9 min read

PSLE Math Speed & Rate Problems Made Simple

Speed questions aren't hard arithmetic — they're a handful of traps dressed up as word problems. Here's how I teach P6 children to walk past every one of them.

IllumiTutor Team · 25 August 2026Read the guide →

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A mechanical pencil and eraser on a neatly worked Singapore primary maths worksheet, a clear Popular pencil case and a little eraser dust beside it, on a light-birch study desk by an HDB window.
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Careless Mistakes in PSLE Math — and How to Stop Them

The marks a strong P6 child loses are rarely about ability — they're a missing unit, a misread keyword, a "find 1 unit, forget to scale up". Here's how to stop them.

21 Jul 2026 · 10 min read

A pandan chiffon cake and a pizza each cut into equal slices on a board on a Singapore HDB kitchen counter, with measuring cups and a measuring jug — fractions in real life.
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Fractions, Ratio & Percentage: the PSLE Topics That Trip Kids Up

Fraction-of-remainder, ratio-as-units and percentage change look like three separate topics. They're the same idea wearing three costumes — and here's where children lose the marks.

23 Jun 2026 · 10 min read

A single wooden desk in a Singapore primary-school classroom with an open maths workbook, a clear geometry set and a set square, rows of empty desks and louvre windows behind.
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PSLE Math Heuristics Every P6 Should Know

The handful of problem-solving strategies that decide most of Paper 2, explained the way I'd explain them to a P6 child at the kitchen table.

16 Jun 2026 · 10 min read

A home whiteboard on an HDB dining table showing a clean hand-drawn bar model split into eight units with blue and red parts shaded, beside whiteboard markers and a Primary 5 maths bar-modelling workbook.
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Solving PSLE Math Problem Sums: the Model Method, Step by Step

Why the strong P6 pupils reach for a pencil before a number, and how the bar model turns a wall of words into a problem a child can actually solve.

17 Feb 2026 · 9 min read