Botswana PSLE Mathematics case studies
Botswana PSLE Mathematics · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is a national examination in Botswana administered by the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC), the body mandated under section 5 of the Botswana Examinations Council Act (Act No 11 of 2002), as amended by the Botswana Examinations Amendment Act, 2019, to manage, conduct examinations and assessments in general education and technical, vocational education and training and to award certificates in respect of the said examinations and assessments. It sits at the end of primary schooling and serves as the bridge into junior secondary education, so it is intended for Standard 7 learners across government and private primary schools who are ready to have their learning certified. The Botswana PSLE Mathematics case studies are 5 cases and about 2,015 words.
1The School Tuck Shop Change
A tuck shop at a primary school starts the term with 480 oranges and 360 apples. On Monday it sells 125 oranges and 90 apples.
429 words, about 2 min2Fencing the School Garden
A rectangular school garden is 18 metres long and 12 metres wide. The school wants to put a fence around the whole garden, leaving a 2-metre gap as a gate.
345 words, about 2 min3The Classroom Tile Pattern
A classroom floor is covered with square tiles arranged in a repeating pattern. Each tile is a square of side 25 centimetres.
393 words, about 2 min4Rainfall Records for the School
A class records daily rainfall in millimetres for one week: Monday 12, Tuesday 0, Wednesday 8, Thursday 15, Friday 5, Saturday 20, Sunday 10. The class wants to display this as a bar chart and to describe the 'typical' rainfall.
448 words, about 2 min5The Matchstick Growth Pattern
A learner builds a sequence of shapes from matchsticks. Shape 1 is a single square made of 4 matchsticks.
400 words, about 2 min