1.

0 SCHOOL'S NAME
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tropicana
Jalan Tropicana Selatan
47410 Petaling Jaya

2.0 RESEARCHER'S NAME

Khor Puay Puay

3.0 RESEARCH'S TITLE

Highlighting Technique to Answer Problem Solving Questions.

4.0 REFLECTION OF PREVIOUS TEACHING AND LEARNING

Majority of students faced difficulties in answering problem solving questions
which requires higher order thinking skills. Most of the students are found lack of
knowledge in focusing in important points in questions, lacked of confidence in
answering long questions and developed phobia in seeing wordy questions.

5.0 FOCUS OF STUDY

I had decided to take the initiative to implement highlighting technique as an

interesting manner to help students to break down long questions to short
important information where students can focus and analyze the points to solve
questions confidently. I shall direct the focus of my study on the highlighting
technique to help students of Form 3 Bestari to master the skills of analyzing and
processing the needed information in order to solve long questions. Hopefully
highlighting technique will influence the improvement of students' performance

6.0 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

After the completion of this study, the pupils should be able to achieve the
following objectives:

6.1 General objectives

To improve the Mathematics results in the PT3 examination by improving the
students’ basic mathematical skills.
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 6.2 Specific Objectives
To be able to narrow down long questions to short important points in order to
find correct solutions.

7.0 Target Group

This study will involve 30 students (16 boys and 14 girls) from 3 Bestari.

8.0 Proposed Method

There are 9 steps of the method used for this study (refer Appendix 1).

8.1 Identification of the Problem

The instruments used to identify the problem faced by the students of 3 Bestari
were:
 questionnaire - (refer Appendix 2)

8.2 Pre-test
Methods of implementation:
a. Teacher prepares 6 subjective questions of Mathematics syllabus Form 1
till Form 3 (refer Appendix 3).
 2 questions from Form 1 Mathematics syllabus
 2 questions from Form 2 Mathematics syllabus
 2 questions from Form 3 Mathematics syllabus
b. Students must show all calculations clearly.
c. Teacher will mark and identify each student’s mistakes.
d. Students’ marks and mistakes will be recorded in a score sheet
(refer Appendix 4).
e. Teacher will keep the score sheet for reference.
Duration: 1 day

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8.3 Highlighting technique
Methods of implementation:
1. Teacher distributes another new set of pre-test questions and guides
students to use highlighter to mark important facts and requirements.
(refer Appendix 5)
2. Teacher explains the steps for highlighting technique:
 Step 1: Read the whole question.
 Step 2: Highlight given facts/information in the question.
 Step 3: Highlight what is the requirement/question.
 Step 4: Understand problem to interpret requirement
 Step 5: Planning strategy/formula
 Step 6: Implementing the strategy or formula in solutions.
Duration: 2 days

8.4 Drilling
Methods of implementation:
Teacher gives 6 questions for each set of questions. The questions covered
subtopics of Form 1 till Form 3 Mathematics syllabus (refer Appendix 6).
Students are required to apply the highlighting technique of their own.
 Set A: 6 problem solving questions
 Set B: 6 problem solving questions
 Set C: 6 problem solving questions
Duration: 3 days (1 day for each set of questions)

8.5 Peer Checking

Methods of implementation:
After students had completed answering a set of questions, students will exchange
their papers with each other to mark the answers. ‘Peer checking’ method will
help students to identify mistakes and it will help to create awareness among
students to prevent them from doing the similar mistakes in future.
Duration: 5 days (1 day for each set of question)

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 8.6 Progress Checking
Methods of implementation:
Students will be given a form to record the marks obtained after marking each set
of questions. This will enable students to keep track of their own progress. It is
also a form of motivation for them to do more revision in order to gain higher
marks (refer Appendix 7).
Duration: 3 days (1 day for each set of questions)

8.7 Post-Test
Methods of implementation:
After completing 3 sets of questions, teacher will carry out post-test to check
student’s understanding and progress. The post-test questions are the same
questions as the pre-tests’ questions (refer Appendix 8)
Duration: 1 day

8.8 Reflection
a. Teacher will mark the post-test and identify each student’s mistakes.
b. Teacher will record students’ marks and mistakes in a score sheet.
(refer Appendix 4).
c. Teacher will inform the students of their progress.
Duration: 1 day

8.9 Reports
a. Teacher will compare the pre-test results and post-test results (refer
Appendix 9).
b. Teacher will present a report on findings of this study.
Duration: 1 week

9.0 SUGGESTED RESOURCES

9.1 A4 papers
9.2 Catridge Printer
9.3 Highlighters

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 10. ACTION RESEARCH SCHEDULE
NO ACTIVITIES DURATION REMARKS

1 Identify the Problem 1 week

2 Pre-test 1 day (2
teaching
periods)

3 Highlighting Technique 2 days (3

teaching
periods)

4 Drilling (3 sets of questions) 3 days

(6 teaching
periods)

5 Peer Checking 3 days (6

teaching
periods)

6 Progress Checking 3 days (6

teaching
periods)

7 Post-Test 1 day

8 Reflection 1 day

9 Reports 1 week

Remarks:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

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11.0 BUDGET

NO MATERIALS QUANTITY X PRICE PER TOTAL AMOUNT

UNIT (RM)
1 A4 Papers 1 x RM 8.00 RM 8.00
2 Cartridge Printer 1 x RM70.00 RM 70.00
3 Photocopy materials 17 pages x 30 set x RM 0.10 RM 51.00
4 Highlighters 30xRM4.50 RM135.00
TOTAL RM 264.00

Appendix 1 METHOD
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 Step 1:
Identification of Problem - Questionnaire
(1 week)

Step 2:
Pre-Test
(1 day)

Step 3:
Highlighting Technique
(2 days)

Step 4:
Drilling

Set A Set B Set C

(1 day) (1 day) (1 day)

Step 5:
Peer Checking
Step 6:
Progress Checking
(1 day for each set)

Step 7:
Score Sheet Post-Test
(1 day)

Step 8:
Reflection
(1 day)

Step 9:
Reports
(1 week)

Appendix 2 QUESTIONNAIRE

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Name: ____________________________________ Class: ________________
1) Do you like mathematics subject?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Not sure

2) Based on the answer given in question 1, give one main reason why you give the
answer?
A. teacher factor
B. interest factor
C. level of difficulty in the subject
D. not sure

3) How do you feel when you see long mathematical problem solving questions?
A. As usual
B. Confident to answer
C. Afraid to answer
D. Don't feel like reading

4) Give your rating from number 1-5 for most of the long problem solving questions that
you have encountered.
1 - easy question
2 - moderate question
3 - hard question
4 - very hard question

5) Do you like to answer long mathematical problem solving questions?

A. Yes
B. No
C. Not sure

Appendix 3

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 PRE-TEST 1
Name: _____________________________ Class: _______________
Answer all questions:
1. Kathy baked 32 pieces of chocolate biscuits, 24 pieces of coffee biscuits and 48 pieces
of orange biscuits. The biscuits were packed into several plastic containers to be given to
her teachers. She wants to divide the biscuits into similar containers so that each
container contains an equal number of biscuits of the same type. If each container has the
maximum number of biscuits, how many container are needed?
Answer:

2. Allan, Badrul and Catherine want to arrange some books in the library. Allan can
arrange 5 books simultaneously, Badrul can arrange 6 books simultaneously and
Catherine can arrange 8 books simultaneously. If they arrange an equal number of books,
what is the smallest number of books that they can arrange?
Answer:

3. The price of a fried chicken at a school canteen is twice the price of a bun. With RM5,
Azman bought two buns and a piece of chicken. The balance of RM1 is saved. If Azman
has RM12 and decides to buy the same number of buns, how many pieces of fried
chickens will he be able to buy?
Answers:

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4. Amir started cycling at 9am from his house to Town A. Along the way, he stopped at a
rest house which is 10km away from his house. He resumed his journey after resting. He
reached Town A at 12.15pm after cycled for another 25km from the rest house. Calculate
the average speed of his journey in km/h.
Answer:

5. A ream of paper contains 800 sheets of paper. The thickness of one sheet of paper is 9.4
x 10 3 cm. Given the total thickness of n reams of paper is 225.6cm, calculate the value
of n.
Answer:

6. En. Hussein bought a house on 1 January 2019 in Kajang at RM300 000 and cleared
10% down payment. He expects a return on 30% over 20 years. He then sold the house at
a price of RM600 000 after owning it for 20 years. His outstanding housing loan was
RM475000. During that period, he managed to earn a rent of RM60 000. Other expenses
that he had to pay is stamp duty of RM4000, agent commission of RM2000 and legal fees
of RM4000. What is the return on investment for En. Hussien for 20 years? Did he get
the expected 30% return?
Answer:

ANSWER PRE-TEST 1
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1. HCF of 32, 24, and 48 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8
2. LCM of 5, 6 and 8 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 = 120
3. RM1(2) + RMx(1) = RM4
RM2 + RM1x = RM4
RMx = (RM4-RM2) / 1 = RM 2 = price of chicken
if b = 2, find c
RM1b + RM2c = RM12
RM1(2) + RM2c = RM12
RM2 + RM2c = RM12
c= (RM12-RM2) / 2
c= RM10/2 = 5 piece of chicken
4. Average speed = total distance / total time.
Average speed = 10+25 / (12.15-9.00)
= 35 / 3 hour 15 minutes (convert minutes to hour by dividing by 60)
= 35/3.25
= 10.77 km/h

5. Thickness of 800 sheets = 9.4 x 10 3 cm x 800 = 7.52cm

1 ream = 225.6 / 7.52 cm = 30

6. Return on Investment
= Rent + capital gain / original price x 100%
= RM60000 + (600 000 - 30000 - 4000 - 2000 - 4000 - 475000)/300000 x 100%
= RM60 000 + 85000 / RM300 000 x 100%
= RM145000 / RM300 000 x 100%
= 48.33%

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Appendix 4 SCORE FOR PRE-TEST AND POST-TEST
Name: ____________________________ Class: _______
Record the marks obtained and the mistakes made:
Questions Pre- Post-
No. Test Mistakes Test Mistakes
Marks Marks
1

Appendix 5 PRE-TEST 2
Name: ___________________________________ Class:_____________
Answer all questions:

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1. Marry baked 54 pieces of chocolate biscuits, 81 pieces of coffee biscuits and 36 pieces
of orange biscuits. The biscuits were packed into several plastic containers to be given to
her teachers. She wants to divide the biscuits into similar containers so that each
container contains an equal number of biscuits of the same type. If each container has the
maximum number of biscuits, how many container are needed?
Answer:

2. Forks are sold in packets of 10 and spoons are sold in packets of 12. Puan Hani wants
to buy a few packets of forks and spoons so that she gets complete pairs of fork and
spoon. How many packets of forks and spoons should Pn. Hani buy?
Answer:

3. A bowl in the shape of a hemisphere is filled completely with water. Given the radius
of the bowl is 8 cm. If half the amount of water is poured out, what is the volume of the
remaining water?
Answers:

4. A car took 3 hours to travel from town A to town B and another 2 hours to travel from
town B to town C. Given the distance between town A and town B is 220km and the

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average speed for the whole journey was 90kmh 1 , find the distance between town B
and town C.
Answer:

5. A ream of paper contains 800 sheets of paper. The thickness of one sheet of paper is 9.4
x 10 3 cm. Given the total thickness of n reams of paper is 225.6cm, calculate the value
of n.
Answer:

6. En. Maniam bought a house on 1 January 2019 in Kota Damansara at RM500 000 and
cleared 10% down payment. He expects a return on 30% over 20 years. He then sold the
house at a price of RM600 000 after owning it for 20 years. His outstanding housing loan
was RM300 000. During that period, he managed to earn a rent of RM60 000. Other
expenses that he had to pay is stamp duty of RM4000, agent commission of RM2000 and
legal fees of RM4000. What is the return on investment for En. Hussien for 20 years? Did
he get the expected 30% return?
Answer:

ANSWER PRE-TEST 2

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1. HCF of 54, 81 and 36 = 3 x 3 = 9
2. LCM of 10 and 12 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 = 60
Forks = 60/10 = 6packets spoons = 60/12 = 5 packets
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3. Volume of hemisphere = 1/2 x 2/3 x 22/7 x 8³ = 536
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4. Distance from Town B to Town C = total distance A to C - distance A-B
= [90 x (3+2hours) ] - 220km = 230km
5. n = [800 x 9.4 x 10 3 cm] / 225.6cm = 7

6. Return on Investment
= Rent + capital gain / original price x 100%
= RM60000 + (600 000 - 50000 - 4000 - 2000 - 4000 - 300 000)/500000 x 100%
= RM60000 +RM240000 / RM500 000 x 100%
= RM300 000 / RM500 000 x 100%
= 60%

Appendix 5 SET A
Name: _________________________________

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1. Luqman's credit card account showed a balance of debts of RM230 at one time. He had
his credit card to pay for three books each costing RM120. A week later, his credit card
account was charged an interest of RM3 and Luqman made a payment of RM400 to his
account. Explain whether Luqman had cleared his debts.

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2. Noriah has a savings of RM120. She donates of her savings to flood victims. She
8
then buys a pair of school shoes for RM25.60. Calculate the balance she still has.

3. The Boy Scouts of a school held a charity activity. A total of 252 shirts, 180 pairs of
trousers and 108 pairs of socks were donated by members to an orphanage. All the items
were divided equally in each pack. What would be the maximum number of packs that
were prepared?

4. Canned coffee is sold in 6 cans per box and canned tea is sold in 9 cans per box. Ainun
wishes to buy the same number of canned coffee and canned tea for his sister's birthday
party. What is the minimum number of boxes of each type of canned drinks she needs to
buy?

5. Maslina wishes to paste a photo on a piece of cardboard. Both the photo and the
cardboard is 12cm and the area of the photo is 90.25cm². How should Maslina paste the
photo such that the photo lies in the middle of the cardboard?

6. A sculptor carves a small cube from a wooden cube block that has a side length of 6cm.
If the volume of the remaining wooden block is 189cm³

SET B
Name: _________________________________

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1. A piece of wire of length 12 cm is divided into three parts. Given that PQ : QR = 3: 2
and RS = 2cm, determine PQ:QR:RS.
2cm

P Q R S

2. A farmer uses the capture, mark, release and recapture method to estimate the
population of snails in his vegetable farm. He captures 24 snails and marks on the shell of
each of the them. Then, he releases them back into the farm. Two weeks later, he captures
randomly 30 snails and find that 5 of them are marked. Estimate the population of snails
in the vegetable farm.

3. In a class, the ratio of the number of students who wear spectacles to the number of
students who do not wear spectacles is 1:3. Find the percentage of the students who do
not wear spectacles in the class is RM57.80. By applying the concept of proportions,
determine whether this percentage discount corresponds to the percentage reduction
displayed. Give you reason.

4. At a sale carnival, Encik Rosli chooses a shirt from a rack which displays 45% price
reduction. The original price of the shirt is RM85.00. When Encik Rosli scans the price
tag of the shirt, the scanner shows that the price is RM57.80. By applying the concept of
proportions, determine whether this percentage discount corresponds to the percentage
reduction displayed. Give you reason.

5. Two stalls sell strawberries from Cameron Highlands. Which stall sells strawberries at
a cheaper price?

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 Stall A: RM15 per kg Stall B: RM8 per 500 g

6. The diagram below shows a scale drawing of a rectangular football court with length
6cm and width 3cm.
a) if the scale used is 1:2000, calculate the actual area of the field in square metres.
b) A gardener cuts the grass on the field at a rate of 400 square metres in 8 minutes.
Calculate the time, in hours and minutes, that the gardener can cut all the grass on the
field.

SET C
Name: _________________________________

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1. A ream of paper contains 800 sheets of paper. The thickness of one sheet of paper is 9.4
x 10 3 cm. Given the total thickness of n reams of paper is 225.6cm, calculate the value
of n.

2. En. Hisham bought a condominium on 1 January 2019 in Rawang at RM300 000 and
cleared 10% deposit. He expects a return of 30% over 20 years. En. Hisham sold the
condominium at a price of RM600 000 after owning it for 20 years. The balance of loan
amount was RM475 000. During that period, he managed to collect rental of RM60 000.
However, he had to pay stamp duty RM4000, agent commission RM2000 and legal fees
for Sales and Purchase RM4000. What is the return on investment for En.Hisham for 20
years? Did he achieve his expectation to get a return of 30%?

3. Mr. Lim bought a car worth RM80 000 on credit. He pays 10% deposit and the balance
is payable in installments over 6 years. The flat interest rate imposed by the bank is 4%
per annum. What is the amount of repayment and monthly installment payable by Mr.
Lim?

4. Diagram below shows the scale drawing of a rectangular football field.

12cm
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 7cm

If this scale drawing is drawn to a scale of 1:1000, calculate the actual area, in m², of the
football field.

5. A shoe factory outlet is having a sales promotion in conjuction with the school holiday.
A pair of shoes with an original price of RM45 is sold at a 25% discount. By applying the
concept of proportions, determine the amount of consumer could save when he buys this
pair of shoes during the sales promotion.

6. Aina makes a cubic model from a manila card. If the volume of the cube is (2+3p)³,
find the total surface area of the cube in terms of p.

ANSWER SET A

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1. Luqman's credit card account showed a balance of debts of RM230 at one time. He had
his credit card to pay for three books each costing RM120. A week later, his credit card
account was charged an interest of RM3 and Luqman made a payment of RM400 to his
account. Explain whether Luqman had cleared his debts.
Answer:
Total account balance = - RM230 (debt)
Total payment for books = 3 x (-120) (negative shows debt because using credit card)
= RM-360
Interest charged = -RM3
Payment to account = + RM400
Final credit card account balance = 230 + (-360) + (-3) +400
= -230 - 360 - 3 + 400 = -193
Luqman had not cleared his debts because his credit card account still showed a balance
of debts of RM193.

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2. Noriah has a savings of RM120. She donates of her savings to flood victims. She
8
then buys a pair of school shoes for RM25.60. Calculate the balance she still has.
Answer:
3
Amount donated = x RM120 = RM45
8
Balance = RM120 - RM45 - RM25.60 = RM49.40

3. The Boy Scouts of a school held a charity activity. A total of 252 shirts, 180 pairs of
trousers and 108 pairs of socks were donated by members to an orphanage. All the items
were divided equally in each pack. What would be the maximum number of packs that
were prepared?
Answer:
HCF = 2x2x3x3 = 36

4. Canned coffee is sold in 6 cans per box and canned tea is sold in 9 cans per box. Ainun
wishes to buy the same number of canned coffee and canned tea for his sister's birthday
party. What is the minimum number of boxes of each type of canned drinks she needs to
buy?
Answer:
LCM = 18
5. Maslina wishes to paste a photo on a piece of cardboard. Both the photo and the
cardboard is 12cm and the area of the photo is 90.25cm². How should Maslina paste the
photo such that the photo lies in the middle of the cardboard?
Answer:
Length of photo = √90.25 = 9.5cm
Remaining length of side of the cardboard after the photo is pasted = 12 - 9.5 = 2.5cm
Distance of the photo from the side of the cardboard = 2.5cm / 2 = 1.25cm
6. A sculptor carves a small cube from a wooden cube block that has a side length of 6cm.
If the volume of the remaining wooden block is 189cm³, find the length of the small cube
that is being removed.

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Answer:
Volume of small cube=Volume of wooden block-Volume of the remaining wooden block
=216 - 189 = 27cm³
Length of the small cube = ³√27 = 3cm

ANSWER SET B
1. A piece of wire of length 12 cm is divided into three parts. Given that PQ : QR = 3: 2
and RS = 2cm, determine PQ:QR:RS.
2cm

P Q R S
Answer: PR = 12-2 = 10cm
Total ration of PQ and QR = 3+2 = 5
5 parts = 10 cm therefore 1 part = 10/5 =2cm
PQ=3parts x 2cm = 6cm QR=2 parts x 2cm = 4cm
PQ : QR : RS
6 :4 :2
3:2:1

2. A farmer uses the capture, mark, release and recapture method to estimate the
population of snails in his vegetable farm. He captures 24 snails and marks on the shell of
each of the them. Then, he releases them back into the farm. Two weeks later, he captures
randomly 30 snails and find that 5 of them are marked. Estimate the population of snails
in the vegetable farm.
Answer:
5 24

30 x
1 24

6 x
x = 6 x 24 = 144
3. In a class, the ratio of the number of students who wear spectacles to the number of
students who do not wear spectacles is 1:3. Find the percentage of the students who do
not wear spectacles in the class.
Answer:
Ratio = ratio of the number of students do not wear spec to the total number of students
= 3 : 1+3
=3:4
3
Percentage =  100 = 75%
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4. At a sale carnival, Encik Rosli chooses a shirt from a rack which displays 45% price
reduction. The original price of the shirt is RM85.00. When Encik Rosli scans the price
tag of the shirt, the scanner shows that the price is RM57.80. By applying the concept of
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proportions, determine whether this percentage discount corresponds to the percentage
reduction displayed. Give you reason.
Answer:
Assume P is the percentage discount of the original price
P Selling Pr ice

100 Original Pr ice
P 57.80

100 85
5780
P  68
85
The selling price is 68% of the original price.
Percentage discount obtained = 100% - 68%=32%
The percentage discount obtained by En.Rosli is less than the percentage reduction
displayed.

5. Two stalls sell strawberries from Cameron Highlands. Which stall sells strawberries at
a cheaper price?

Stall A: RM15 per kg Stall B: RM8 per 500 g

Stall A selling RM15 per 1kg . Convert 1kg to g.

= RM15 per 1000g

Stall B selling RM8 per 500g.

To compare, both must have same mass.
Therefore, price and mass of strawberries in Stall B needs to be multiplied by 2.
So, Stall B is selling RM16 per 1000g.
Answer: Stall A sells cheaper.

6. The diagram below shows a scale drawing of a rectangular football court with length
6cm and width 3cm.
a) if the scale used is 1:2000, calculate the actual area of the field in square metres.
Width = 3cm x 2000 = 6000cm/100 = 60m

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Length = 6cm x 2000 = 12000/100=120m
Area = width x length = 60m x 120m = 7200 m²
b) A gardener cuts the grass on the field at a rate of 400 square metres in 8 minutes.
Calculate the time, in hours and minutes, that the gardener can cut all the grass on the
field.
Rate = 400 sqm² x 18 = 7200
8 min x 18 = 144 minutes /60 min = 2 hours 24 minutes.

ANSWER SET C
1. A ream of paper contains 800 sheets of paper. The thickness of one sheet of paper is 9.4
x 10 3 cm. Given the total thickness of n reams of paper is 225.6cm, calculate the value
of n.
No. of sheets in one ream = 800 sheets Thickness 1 sheet = 9.4 x 10 3 cm
Thickness of one ream = 800 x 9.4 x 10 3 = 7.52cm
n = Thickness of n reams / thickness of 1 ream
n = 225.6 / 7.52 = 30 reams.

2. En. Hisham bought a condominium on 1 January 2019 in Rawang at RM300 000 and
cleared 10% deposit. He expects a return of 30% over 20 years. En. Hisham sold the
condominium at a price of RM600 000 after owning it for 20 years. The balance of loan
amount was RM475 000. During that period, he managed to collect rental of RM60 000.
However, he had to pay stamp duty RM4000, agent commission RM2000 and legal fees
for Sales and Purchase RM4000. What is the return on investment for En.Hisham for 20
years? Did he achieve his expectation to get a return of 30%?
ROI = Rent + Capital Gain
ROI = RM60 000 + (RM600 000 - RM30 000 - RM475 000 - RM4000 - RM2000 -
RM4000)
= RM60 000 + RM85 000 = RM145 000
ROI = RM145 000 / RM300 000 x 100% = 48.33% Exceed the expected rate.
3. Mr. Lim bought a car worth RM80 000 on credit. He pays 10% deposit and the balance
is payable in installments over 6 years. The flat interest rate imposed by the bank is 4%
per annum. What is the amount of repayment and monthly installment payable by Mr.
Lim?
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Loan = RM80 000 - RM8 000 = RM72 000
Interest to pay = RM72 000 x 4 x 6 years = RM17280
100
Total repayment = RM72 000 + RM17280 = RM89 280
Monthly installment = RM 89 280 / (6 x 12 months) = RM1240 per month
4. Diagram below shows the scale drawing of a rectangular football field.

12cm

7cm

If this scale drawing is drawn to a scale of 1:1000, calculate the actual area, in m², of the
football field.
Width = 7cm x 1000 = 7000/100 =70m
Length = 12cm x 1000 = 12000/100 = 120m
Area = 70x120 = 8400m²
5. A shoe factory outlet is having a sales promotion in conjuction with the school holiday.
A pair of shoes with an original price of RM45 is sold at a 25% discount. By applying the
concept of proportions, determine the amount of consumer could save when he buys this
pair of shoes during the sales promotion.

Discount = RM45 x 25% = RM11.25

6. Aina makes a cubic model from a manila card. If the volume of the cube is (2+3p)³,
find the total surface area.
Area = 6 x (2+3p)(2+3p) = 6 x (4 + 6p +6p+9p²) = 6 (4 + 12p + 9p²) = 24 +72p +54p²

Appendix 6 SCORE FOR DRILLING QUESTIONS

No. Student's name Marks for Marks for Marks for Remarks
Set A Set B Set C
1

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4

5
6
7
8

9
10
11
12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Total

Remarks:
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Appendix 7 POST-TEST
PRE-TEST 1
Name: _____________________________ Class: _______________
Answer all questions:

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1. Kathy baked 32 pieces of chocolate biscuits, 24 pieces of coffee biscuits and 48 pieces
of orange biscuits. The biscuits were packed into several plastic containers to be given to
her teachers. She wants to divide the biscuits into similar containers so that each
container contains an equal number of biscuits of the same type. If each container has the
maximum number of biscuits, how many container are needed?
Answer:

2. Allan, Badrul and Catherine want to arrange some books in the library. Allan can
arrange 5 books simultaneously, Badrul can arrange 6 books simultaneously and
Catherine can arrange 8 books simultaneously. If they arrange an equal number of books,
what is the smallest number of books that they can arrange?
Answer:

3. The price of a fried chicken at a school canteen is twice the price of a bun. With RM5,
Azman bought two buns and a piece of chicken. The balance of RM1 is saved. If Azman
has RM12 and decides to buy the same number of buns, how many pieces of fried
chickens will he be able to buy?
Answers:

4. Amir started cycling at 9am from his house to Town A. Along the way, he stopped at a
rest house which is 10km away from his house. He resumed his journey after resting. He

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reached Town A at 12.15pm after cycled for another 25km from the rest house. Calculate
the average speed of his journey in km/h.
Answer:

5. A ream of paper contains 800 sheets of paper. The thickness of one sheet of paper is 9.4
x 10 3 cm. Given the total thickness of n reams of paper is 225.6cm, calculate the value
of n.
Answer:

6. En. Hussein bought a house on 1 January 2019 in Kajang at RM300 000 and cleared
10% down payment. He expects a return on 30% over 20 years. He then sold the house at
a price of RM600 000 after owning it for 20 years. His outstanding housing loan was
RM475000. During that period, he managed to earn a rent of RM60 000. Other expenses
that he had to pay is stamp duty of RM4000, agent commission of RM2000 and legal fees
of RM4000. What is the return on investment for En. Hussien for 20 years? Did he get
the expected 30% return?
Answer:

Appendix 8 STUDENTS’ NAMELIST

NO NAME SEX RACE PRE-TEST POST-TEST REMARKS

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1 ABDUL ARBAAZ KHAN L M
BIN ABDUL ASTIAQ
KHAN
2 ABIVARMAN A/L M.P L I
ADAIKEN ANBALAGAN
3 ADI DANIEL BIN ADI L M
SARIF
4 AHMAD SYAKIR HAKIMI L M
BIN AHMAD SANUSI
5 AINA SAFIAH BINTI P M
MUSLIMIN
6 CHEAH SIEW LOON L C
7 CHEOW ANGEL P C
8 CHU PEI SHAN P C
9 GOH HUEY XING P C
10 GOH SU SHENG P C
11 ISABELLA MAH YONG QI P C
12 JEANETTE JOTHI ANNE P I
A/P MAHAMUNI
13 KEK ZHE YANG L C
14 KOO CHYR HAW L C
15 MUHAMMAD AQBAR L M
RIZAL BIN ZAMSEER
16 MUHAMMAD NAFIZ BIN L M
ABD KARIM
17 NG SOON TECK L C
18 NG WERN QI P C
19 NUR AZDRIN NATASYA P M
BINTI MAT SUHAIDI
20 QARISHA IZZATI BINTI P M
ZULKEFLY
21 QUAN YI LIN P C
22 RICO HOOI L C
23 SELINA LING HUI NEE P C
24 SITI NOR AYUNIE BINTI P M
MOHAMAD HAFIZ
25 TAN SHUI RU P M
26 TEY TIONG WEI L C
27 THEAN JUN YUE L C
28 WONG XU RONG L C
29 YOH JIA LOONG L C
30 YONG VEI JHERN L C

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