45 Coin throws 0 Keywords: combinationsindependenceprobabilitytree diagrams Students identify the most likely combination of throws for a fair coin, and explain their reasons. Login to preview
3 Dividing by three and five 4 Keywords: divisibilitydivisionfactorsmultiples Students identify multiples of 5 and of 3, and explain their reasoning. Login to preview
3 Directions to food 6 Keywords: algorithmsbearingscompassdirectionmapsscale Students are required to describe the compass direction and distance that an ant travels toward different items of food positioned on a grid. Login to preview
2 Going to Stephanie's house 3 Keywords: algorithmsdirectionleftmapsright Students identify turns as left or right to describe a path taken on a simple street map. Login to preview
2 Map of the zoo 4 Keywords: algorithmsdirectionleftlocationmapsright Students describe a path (locus) drawn on a simple map of the zoo using the directions "left" or "right". Login to preview
2 Giving directions 4 Keywords: algorithmsdirectionleftmapspeer assessmentright Students respond to and give directions about a simple path on a map involving right or left turns. Login to preview
4 Lost in Gilbert Valley 5 Keywords: algorithmsbearingscompassdirectioninstructionslocationmaps This task requires students to write a set of instructions based on compass directions that would guide a lost tramper to a Rescue Hut on a map with marked paths and landmarks. Login to preview
4 Younger brother scribble 0 Keywords: additionarithmetic operationsdivisionmultiplicationsubtraction Students display their knowledge of algorithms by filling in missing digits for some computations. Login to preview
4 Show how many 7 Keywords: equivalent ratiosratioswork samples Students to show how to calculate problems that involve rates and ratios. Login to preview
4 Compass directions II 2 Keywords: algorithmscompassdirection For this practical task students are required to follow, by physically stepping them out, a set of compass directions. Login to preview
45 Student absences 6 Keywords: graph constructionline graphsmisleading graphs Students compare a data table and a line graph and identify features that are missing or incorrect in the graph. Login to preview
5 Newspaper stories 2 Keywords: graph interpretationhistogramsline graphsmisleading graphs Students are required to explain the misleading aspects of two graphs found in newspaper articles. Login to preview
4 Take-away survey 3 Keywords: multivariate dataplanning investigationsquestionssurveys Students are required to critique a survey and design another useful question to be included. Login to preview
34 Ice cream and temperatures 5 Keywords: bi-variate datadistributiongraph interpretationscatterplots Students interpret a scatterplot and identify statements about both details and overall information. Login to preview
3 Finding out about sports on TV 1 Keywords: data collectionplanning investigationsquestionssurveystable constructiontally charts Students pose a question for an investigation about favourite sports. They then construct a table that could record the results. Login to preview
3 Spinner chances 4 Keywords: chancelikelihoodqualitative probabilityspinners Using a diagram of a spinner, students choose the chances of the arrow landing on particular numbers. Login to preview
4 Two coin game 0 Keywords: experimentsfractionsprobability Students interpret a tally chart to answer questions about the proportion and probability of outcomes from a coin toss. Login to preview
4 Draw of socks 1 Keywords: chancefractionsprobability Students show understanding of probability by selecting a fraction to represent the colours of choosing an article of clothing from a drawer. Login to preview
3 Hot air balloon 1 Keywords: probabilityqualitative probability Students determine the probability of a hot air balloon landing in various locations marked on a grid map. Login to preview
4 Target arrows 1 Keywords: fractionsprobability Students use fractions to describe the probability of an arrow landing on different bands of a target. Login to preview
2 Aroha's day 8 Keywords: analogue timehoursminutestimetime lines Students construct a time line by selecting the best analogue time for a range of common daily activities. Login to preview
4 Soft drinks 0 Keywords: fractionsgraph constructiongraph interpretationpie graphs Students construct and label a pie graph of favourite drinks from data in a table. They also interpret results involving proportions. Login to preview
3 Pocket money 8 Keywords: distributiondot plotsgraph interpretationincome Students compare the overall distribution of two dot plots and describe their reasons. Login to preview
3 Shaded fraction shapes 9 Keywords: fractionspart-whole fractions Students identify the shaded fraction of a number of different shapes. Login to preview
2 Continue the shape patterns 1 Keywords: functional rulesgrowing patternsrecursive rulesrulesspatial patterns Students find the next three shapes in several growing shape patterns and explain how they worked out the shapes. Login to preview