“I Can’t Get Full Marks already!!!”

That was Keatkeat’s scream when we fetch him from school today. Today is his Mathematics Exam Paper. He has always been having high hopes in his Maths. Maybe it was me, who have been telling him continuously that Maths is the ONLY subject that you can score full marks in and that his brain is great for Maths so long as he concentrates and not zoom out to dreamy land. [But he has proven me wrong when he got full marks for his English mock paper.]

Since young he was able to comprehend Maths questions in a very logical but shortcut way, which was not taught by anyone. Whenever I ask him, “Who taught you to solve this question using this method?” He would always reply, “My Brain.”

So I have been complementing him, “Your Brain for Maths is as good as My Father’s, who is your Grandfather. It is a pity that the two of you never met (my dad passed away when I was 18). If not I think you two will have lots of Maths tricks to talk about.” *giggle*

So why did he said in frustration, “I Can’t Get Full Marks already!!!” ?

Because of this question:

What number multiply by 2 gives you 36 and when subtract gives you 13?

Both Allan and I doubt that Keatkeat has remembered the question correctly. There are bound to be some missing words, but Keatkeat insisted that he has told us the question word for word.

Keatkeat: “I want to get full marks for Maths and this is the ONLY question which I do not know how to do. So I was very frustrated. So I kept reading the question many times. This is how the question was asked, I did not leave out any words.”

But based on what he said, its impossible to solve this Primary two question, isn’t?

*scratch head*

I Can’t Get Full Marks already!!!