Hilary Duff shares struggles over son's Primary 2 "S'pore Math" questions

Relatable.

Nyi Nyi Thet | October 22, 2019, 02:47 PM

People in Singapore have been dealing with some maths-related issues lately.

It turns out, those not in Singapore have to deal with Singapore math questions as well.

Popular singer and Lizzie Mcguire lookalike, Hilary Duff, put up an Instagram post detailing her son's schoolwork and how she might have some trouble with it in the future.

But with that being said, she went on to call Singapore math "the shit". Which is colloquial slang for good stuff.

Here it is.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B30p7dZpKZT/

S'pore Maths

While the casual throwing out of the term "Singapore Math" in an Instagram post by a U.S. singer might seem jarring at first, it actually makes quite a bit of sense.

Singapore Math is actually a really established company in The United States.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B24cx6GALaN/

According to their "About" page, Jeffrey and Dawn Thomas moved from Singapore to the U.S. and found the public school maths curriculum lacking.

They then took it upon themselves to come up with a supplementary math curriculum used in Singapore schools.

One thing led to another and by 1998, they were selling their Singapore Math program from their house.

According to an interview with The Straits Times in 2014, their business had increased significantly recently, with them distributing "textbooks to several thousand schools in the US and Canada".

Here are the textbooks.

Screenshot from Singapore Math

The Primary Mathematics (U.S. Edition), is a series that is adapted from the local Primary Mathematics textbooks, both of which were published by Marshall Cavendish Education, a Singapore education publishing company.

The Primary Mathematics (U.S. Edition) is distributed by Singapore Math in the U.S.

Here are some questions if feel like you have an itchy hand.

Image from Singapore Math

Yowch.

Image from Duff's Insta and S'pore Maths website

 

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