2023 UASA Math paper format & Tips for Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK), SJKC & SJKT

With the new Ujian Akhir Sesi Akademik, UASA, Ministry of Education Malaysia changed the format of exam papers as well. This is applicable for all core or mandatory subjects for sekolah rendah UASA, ie Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Inggeris, Matematik, Sains and Sejarah.

We shared the details of format for Bahasa Melayu (BM) and Bahasa Inggeris (BI) before, now we are going to focus on Matematik here.

Summary of changes in 2023 UASA Matematik exam paper

  • no more objective questions
  • 2 parts only, Bahagian A and Bahagian B
  • Bahagian B consist of only 2 but (really!) long questions with 12 marks per question

If you are preparing your child or students for the UASA exam, check out the UASA model exam paper that Zekolah and 30 EdTech prepared for you. When the Ministry of Education announced the changed of format, we hired a few experienced teachers to prepare the sekolah rendah UASA model exam paper for your. Here are the list of products:

UASA Standard 4 package (5 subjects)

UASA Standard 5 package (5 subjects)

UASA Standard 6 package (5 subjects)

UASA BM (Free ‘Teknik Menjawab Soalan UASA’) – Standard 4

UASA Bahasa Cina – Standard 4

Now, let’s talk about the UASA Math exam paper format in details.

Bahagian A: subjective questions between 1 to 3 marks, total of 13 questions with 26 marks

  • Questions here can be simple and direct one with only 1 mark, up to 3 marks for those ‘soalan berayat’
  • For 1-mark question, just get the answer, don’t worry about providing full working or steps of calculation
  • For 2 and 3 marks questions, do provide more details, and pay attention to units (if applicable)
Sample question for UASA Math exam paper Bahagian A
UASA Math (SJKC) sample question for Bahagian A

Bahagian B: only 2 questions here, 12 marks each, total 24 marks

  • Each question is 12 marks, with many sub-questions
  • Even the sub-questions here can be 3 marks each
  • Do provide the details working steps here, use the right metric unit
  • No optional questions here, students must answer every question in Bahagian B
Sample question for UASA Math exam paper Bahagian B
UASA Math (SJKC) sample question for Bahagian B

How to tackle 2023 UASA Matematik

Since there isn’t any objective questions, students can’t even ‘tikam’ the anwer, hoping to score a point here and there, here are some of the tips that you can do to help:

  • Before exam, do more practice and exercises, especially those in the new UASA format
  • For higher mark question, even if you don’t understand the question, try your best to guess and write down your working
  • Plan your time well, spend more time to the long questions in Bahagian B
  • If you are stuck in any question in Bahagian A, just make a mental note and come back to it later
  • Most importantly, do NOT panic. Although the exam format has changed but the syllabus is the same, you can do it!

If you or your students need help to strengthen the foundation of their math, do check out our <500 Math Question> series. This series is aiming to help students familiar and improve their math calculation with lots of question focus on foundation and basic equation. The question and difficulty level are following the KSSR Semakan syllabus for sekolah rendah, hence arranging in different standards.

This is the best practice and preparation for students who are weak in mathematics, and help them to do better in the UASA Math exam. The math questions are in PDF file, you can download questions for practice immediately after payment made. Click the links below for more details about product:

500 Math Questions – Standard 1

500 Math Questions – Standard 2

500 Math Questions – Standard 3

500 Math Questions – Standard 4

500 Math Questions – Standard 5

500 Math Questions – Standard 6

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