Using language, symbols, and texts resources

Students calculate the repair charges for two different washing machine repair companies, and compare and explain their results.

Students solve mathematical problems involving distance, and identify parts of an algebraic expression.

Students calculate the cost of hiring a search and rescue helicopter and compare this cost with another helicopter company's charges.

Students identify towns and cities on a map using compass points.

Students write short paragraphs using geometrical terms to describe two pictures. The terms equilateral, scalene, and isosceles are to be used to describe a castle. The words circumference, diameter, and radius are to be used to describe a bicycle.

For this task students are required to record, in a table, the compass bearings of objects shown on a submarine radar screen. Distances from the submarine are also recorded.

Students draw in places onto a map following compass directions given in relation to existing landmarks.

Students identify distances and mark positions on a treasure map with a scale.

Students use a plan of the school and a scale to answer questions about length and distance of buildings and courts in the school.

Students decide whether a graph is suitable to display category data and explain their answer.

Students write arguments for and against school rules.

Student solve addition problems where the missing value is located in different positions. This may mean that students transform the problem into a subtraction one. Students reflect on the easiest and hardest problems, and explain their choice.

Students find missing numbers to complete addition, subtraction and multiplication number patterns.

Students read a short extract on diving and answer five comprehension questions.

Students identify and give rules for when numbers are divisible by three or by nine.

Students complete a cloze passage with 26 blanks about a boy stuck between some steps. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

Students select the answer for two subtraction problems, select which one they thought was easier, and explain their reasons for this.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify important information and establish the main idea of a narrative text. The text describes a person's experience of war and their learnings from it. SJ-2-1-2006. Text provided.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

Task: Describe what happens to ice in a glass of water, giving reasons, and explain where water forming on the outside of the glass comes from. Assessment focus: changes of state.

Task: Use a Venn diagram to interpret a food web based on the vegetable garden. Assessment focus: using diagrams to identify relationships between organisms; using systems thinking to describe these relationships.

Students compare two fractions, find the larger fraction and show or explain their reasoning.

Students read an article about Tuatara to be able to fill in a chart with specific information. SJ-1-3-1998. Text provided.

Students use doubling and halving to solve a number of multiplication problems.

Students select the correct statement that matches a given graph.