This study concludes that students faced difficulties in mathematic problem solving due to incompetency in
acquiring many mathematics skills and lacking in cognitive abilities of learning. Information skill was found to be
the most critical mathematics skills. Although students acquired other mathematics skills, without the transfer of
information skill, they could not understand and make effective connection of the information in the problems.
Generally, the majority of the students did not acquire this skill utterly. Cognitive abilities in learning such as the
ability to recall, memorize and perceive influence the efficiency of problem-solving.