Matholia Squares Problem for Primary 5/6 Students

Tap A takes 3 minutes to fill a container.

Tap B takes 6 minutes to fill the same container.

If both taps are turned on at the same time, how long will it take to fill the container?

Enter your solution below.

Answer correctly and receive 2 weeks free access to Matholia (www.matholia.com)!

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Introducing Matholia for the Australian Curriculum

Matholia - The world-class primary mathematics portal from Singapore is being aligned to the Australian Curriculum for the 2018 school year. Contact support@matholia.com to create a free school account today!

For more information visit the Matholia Australian website - www.matholia.com/au

Part-Whole Bar Model - Subtraction

Help students visualise subtraction word problems using a part-whole bar model.

The video was produced using the Matholia Bar Model Maker. You'll find this tool along with more than 50 other interactive maths tools on the matholia portal (www.matholia.com).

Matholia Review and Assessment

The Matholia online portal includes comprehensive review modules ideal for placement tests, continual assessment and end-of-year evaluation.

Key features include:
• pre-test from K to Primary 6.
• review modules that follow the spiral approach of the Singapore syllabus.
• pre-test, term, mid-year, full-year and topical reviews
• teacher-assigned reviews.
• instant scores and progress tracking.
• suitable for classroom assessment of competencies across the syllabus.
• allows pupils to gain confidence by re-testing at any time.

Review modules can be accessed on the Matholia website or via the ‘Matholia Essentials’ apps. All reviews on mobile devices are logged to the students’ main Matholia account.

Endless, Dynamic Fun Practice

The Matholia portal brings together a diverse range of learning resources based on the pedagogical principles of the Singapore MOE syllabus. A core component of Matholia is the practice environment, consisting of over 1600 dynamic practice modules from K to Primary 6.

Dynamic Practice
Each Matholia practice module uses dynamic question generation with extensive variables and question types. This minimises question repetition and ensures students have a solid understanding of the mathematical concept they are practising on completion of the module. Like many of Matholia’s resources, practice modules are sequenced to follow the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) approach.










Instant feedback and rewards allow students to self-assess their knowledge and skills as they progress through the curriculum. All progress and achievements are recorded in the Matholia progress tracking and reporting environment.

Create a free trial account now at www.matholia.com or email school inquiries to the Matholia support team.

Matholia - Singapore Math for everyone!

New pricing structure from May 24, 2014

Complete PSLE review from Blue Ring Education

Introducing PSLE+

Blue Ring Education is currently working with some very talented teachers and Singapore NIE research assistants to come up with a full range of PSLE problem sums and words problems o be made into interactive learning modules. The content will be available on the Matholia portal (www.matholia.com.sg) sometime in January, 2014. Here's a sample question from Mr Chistopher Shannon with video solution from Mr Daniel Cole.

Matholia for Singapore MOE Teachers

Limited offer – Mathoila free for Singapore MOE teachers

Matholia is an online primary mathematics learning portal that can transform your classroom.
For a limited time only, Blue Ring Education are offering unlimited free access to all Singapore MOE teachers. With a teacher account, you will have unlimited access to all of Matholia's resources and can use them freely during class time.

Here are just some of the ways Matholia's key features will transform your classroom:

• unlimited  class practice across the entire Singapore mathematics syllabus
• access to the full range of instructional videos and fact sheets
• review individual, group and class performance with random review questions for each chapter
• engaging class games based on the learning outcomes of the syllabus

Get started now - before this limited offer ends.

1. Go to the new account page at www.matholia.com.sg.
2. Click on 'Teachers'

3. Select your school and fill in the required fields. Note: Email address must end in '@moe.edu.sg).

4. A verification email will be sent to you.
    Open and verify the email.
    Once verified, you are free to use all of Matholia's resources.

We'd love to hear how Matholia is being used in your classroom. Please contact us and tell your story.

Singapore's new online learning portal for primary maths.

What is Matholia?

Practise, Learn and Play!

Matholia is an online mathematics learning portal providing pupils, teachers and parents with dedicated content based on the latest primary maths syllabus from the Singapore Ministry of Education.

The Matholia online portal covers all primary school levels from P1 to P6. Our content can be broken down into the following core components:

Matholia Practise Modules

• interactive modules that test core mathematics concepts

• a growing library of over 1500 modules

• instant feedback

• rewards for speed and accuracy

• randomised question generation ensures minimal repetition

Learn

• an extensive and growing library of instructional and story-based videos as well as fact sheets

• instructional videos teach mathematics though rich visual presentations

• story-based videos provide real-life contexts to teach concepts

• fact sheets provide concise summaries of key concepts

Play

• a range of fun and engaging syllabus-based games

• appealing to boys and girls across all ages

Review

• randomised tests that progressively assess material learned throughout the year.

• topical reviews with pre-test, term 1, term 2, mid–year, term 3, term 4, end-of-year and full year

• instant feedback and scoring

Reports

• detailed statistics presented in a visually rich and easy-to-understand manner

• email notifications

• colour-coded skill map enables parents, teachers and pupils to identify strengths and weaknesses

Matholia Team Leaders

Mr Daniel William Cole

MICD, BSc, PGDE

Mr Cole has been involved in primary mathematics education for over 12 years. As a former mathematics Head of Department, Mr Cole has taught and authored books throughout South East Asia, including current MOE- approved textbooks and workbooks in Singapore, Brunei and Thailand. 
Along with being an acclaimed primary mathematics author, Mr Cole has also designed and programmed educational multimedia and software packages that are widely used in Singapore, Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong and Thailand.

Assoc. Professor Dr Ng Swee Fong

PhD, MEd, BSc, DipEd

Dr Ng is an Associate Professor with the Mathematics Education academic group at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. Dr Ng works extensively with Singapore primary mathematics teachers including teaching and supervising at the masters and doctoral level. 
Dr Ng has a wealth of teaching experience having spent twenty years teaching upper secondary mathematics. She has also authored mathematics titles for Singapore and the region. 
Her general interest and research area is looking into ways in which to improve teaching and learning across the primary mathematics curriculum.

Join us at www.matholia.com.sg

Watch the video below to find out more about Matholia.