Summary: PSLE 2005 and Curry's Paradox
Helmer Aslaksen
Department of Mathematics
National University of Singapore
aslaksen@math.nus.edu.sg
www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/
October 19, 2005
1 PSLE 2005
Question 13 on the PSLE Mathematics Exam in Singapore in 2005 was as follows
([3]). The figure below shows a rectangle 15 cm by 6 cm. The area of Triangle A
is 4 cm2
and the area of Triangle B is 16 cm2
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