SINGAPORE : The Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board on
Tuesday apologised for a mistake in a question in this year's PSLE
Mathematics paper.
Many students were stumped by Question 13 which asked students to
calculate the area of a rectangle, based on given dimensions of two
triangles.
In a statement, the Board says although the answer can be worked
out using the given data, the question itself was flawed.
The mistake lies in an inconsistency between the dimensions of the
rectangle and the areas of the two triangles.
Based on this data, it says "it is mathematically not possible to
draw such a figure."
The Board says it will give two marks to all students, irrespective
of their answers. - CNA/de