The document announces a Singapore Maths Workshop for Parents on July 8th, 2011. It will cover topics like sum, difference, product, quotient, remainder, multiples, factors, lowest common multiples, highest common factors, and ordinal numbers. It provides examples of word problems involving more than/less than comparisons and chickens/rabbits. It also gives two sample math word problems that will be explained involving lemon tea sales on different days and the cost of book sets and dictionaries. The workshop aims to help parents understand Singapore math concepts and techniques through examples.

1. Singapore Maths Workshop for Parents
Sum Difference
Product Quotient Remainder
Multiples Factors
Lowest Common Multiples Highest Common Factors
Ordinal Numbers
Models
Example
7) How many more chickens than rabbits were there?
8) How many animals were there altogether?
More Than
__________ more than __________ is __________
__________ is __________ more than __________
Less Than
__________ less than __________ is ___________
__________ is __________ more than __________
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2. Singapore Maths Workshop for Parents
Example 1
Mrs. Beck sold thrice as much lemon tea on Saturday than on Monday.
She sold 5 times as much lemon tea on Sunday than on Monday.
If Mrs. Beck sold 2 litres 600 millilitres more of lemon tea on Sunday than on
Saturday, how much lemon tea did Mrs. Beck sell over the weekend?
Example 2
Three similar set of books and two similar dictionaries cost $85.50.
One set of books and dictionary cost $37.80.
How much is each book
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