Primary 5 Mathematics

Heuristics

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 Decimals

Heuristic
Draw a Diagram

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Objectives
Pupils should be able to:

• draw a diagram to visualise and understand

the problem.

• use the diagram to solve the problem.

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Watch
Tom spent $235 on some pens and pencils.
Each pen cost $5.50 and each pencil cost $2.
He bought 5 more pencils than pens. How many
pencils did he buy?

Let’s draw a diagram

to find the answer!

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Watch

$5.50 $2

pen pencil 5 × $2 = $10

pen pencil $235 – $10 = $225
$5.50 + $2 = $7.50
……

$225 ÷ $7.50 = 30
pen pencil
$235 30 + 5 = 35
pencil
pencil He bought 35 pencils.
pencil
pencil
pencil

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Learn
Tom spent $235 on some pens and pencils.
Each pen cost $5.50 and each pencil cost $2.
He bought 5 more pencils than pens. How many
pencils did he buy?

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Learn
We can draw a diagram to illustrate the problem.

$5.50 $2
pen pencil
pen pencil We know that each pen costs
$5.50 and each pencil costs $2.
……

pen pencil
$235
pencil
pencil We know that Tom
pencil bought 5 more pencils
pencil than pens and spent
pencil a total of $235.

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Learn

$5.50 $2
pen pencil
pen pencil How much more did he
spend on the pencils than
……

on the pens?
pen pencil
$235
pencil
pencil How much did the
5 × $2 pencil remaining sets of
= $10 pencil cost?
pencil

He spent $10 more on the pencils than on the pens.

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Learn
$7.50
$235 – $10 = $225
$5.50 $2
The remaining sets of
pen pencil
pen pencil cost $225.
$5.50 + $2 = $7.50
$225
……

Each set of
Equal number cost $7.50.
pen pencil of pens and
pencil pencils $225 ÷ $7.50 = 30
pencil There were 30 such sets.
5 × $2 pencil He bought 30 pens.
= $10 pencil
30 + 5 = 35
pencil
He bought 35 pencils.

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Learn

We can draw a diagram to Drawing a diagram helps us

illustrate the problem. better visualise the problem.

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Try
Jeff spent $80.50 on some rulers and erasers.
Each ruler cost $1.50 and each eraser cost
$0.70. He bought 5 more erasers than rulers.
How many erasers did he buy?

Let’s draw a diagram

to find the answer!

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Try
Are you correct?
$1.50 $0.70 $80.50 – $3.50 = $77
The remaining sets of
ruler eraser
ruler eraser cost $77.
$1.50 + $0.70 = $2.20
……

Each set of
eraser
cost $2.20.
ruler
$80.50
eraser $77 ÷ $2.20 = 35
eraser There were 35 such sets.
5 × $0.70 eraser He bought 35 rulers.
= $3.50 eraser
eraser 35 + 5 = 40
He bought 40 erasers.

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 Draw a Diagram ~ I Can Do
Susie packs 5 kg of flour into packets of 200 g
and packets of 250 g. There are 2 more packets
of 250 g than packets of 200 g. How many
packets of 250 g did she pack?

Let’s draw a diagram

to find the answer!

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 Draw a Diagram ~ I Can Do
Are you correct?
5 kg = 5 × 1000
250 g 200 g
= 5000 g
5000 – 500 = 4500
The mass of the equal number of
250-g and 200-g packets is 4500 g.
……

5 kg 250 + 200 = 450

A 250-g packet and a 200-g
packet weigh 450 g altogether.
4500 g ÷ 450 g = 10
There are 10 such sets.
2 × 250 g She packs 10 packets of 200 g.
= 500 g
10 + 2 = 12
She packs 12 packets of 250 g.

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Practice Makes Perfect
Mr Lim bought 5.2 kg of sugar. The sugar was
packed in packets of 400 g and packets of 800 g.
He bought 4 more packets of 400 g than packets
of 800 g. How many packets of 400 g did he buy?

Let’s draw a diagram

to find the answer!

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 Draw a Diagram ~ Practice Makes Perfect
Mrs Tan cut a cloth of length 15 m into pieces.
Some pieces were 120 cm long while the rest were
150 cm long. There was 1 more piece of length
150 cm than of length 120 cm. How many pieces
of length 150 cm did Mrs Tan have?

Let’s draw a diagram

to find the answer!

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 Let’s Remember
1. We can draw a diagram to help us solve
problems involving decimals.

2. Drawing a diagram helps us to visualise the

problem.

3. Drawing a diagram makes solving the problem …

as easy as A, B, C!

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 Answers

Slides 15 and 16
1. 7 packets
2. 6 pieces

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