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Students complete a table then describe and write a rule to work out the number of matchsticks needed to make alien shape patterns.

Decide if a described investigation is a fair test, and explain the decision. Assessment focus: identifying fair testing.

This practical task involves students making estimates of sets of items and demonstrating their method(s) of estimation.

Students order litre and millilitre capacities from smallest to largest, compare given capacities and explain how they know whether one is larger/smaller or the same.

Students identify square and cubic numbers mentally in a timed test.

Student select shapes that are similar but not triangles and explain what makes them triangles or not.

Students are given an example of ordering adjectives in an advertisement. They use this example to develop a list of adjectives that they order as they create their own advertisement .

Students make choices about which adjectives to use to create a poem about a school of fish. A video clip provides the stimulus for this task.

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

Students identify fractions that are greater than one, explain their reasoning and identify how far from one some fractions are.

Students calculate the repair charges of two different garages, graph them, and explain the results.

Students calculate the surface area of the sides and top of a cylinder, showing their working.

Students use a video clip as the stimulus for completing a poem. Scaffolds are provided for this process.

Students decide which arrow on three spinners is most likely to point to white, and explain their reasons.

Students use tables, graphs, and equations to find the break-even point for two companies who charge for postage according to different rules.

Students decide which children are estimating and which are not, and explain their reasoning.

Students read two letters about personal viewpoints on graffiti and answer questions about the content and style of the letters.

Students compare fractions, identify which is larger, and explain or show their reasoning.

Students identify a correct statement about the comparing the overall distribution of two dot plots.

Students use a quadrilateral key to answer questions about attributes of quadrilaterals.

Students review their knowledge of greenhouse gases and the effects of global warming. They identify areas where they are unsure, as well as things they know.

Students calculate fraction division problems and show their working.

Task: Students play a tag game that simulates the relationships between elements within a waterway, and discuss how different scenarios impact on the populations living there. Assessment focus: changes within a habitat affect everything living there.

Explain what affects the distance travelled by toy cars, and why they eventually stop. Assessment focus: science explanations using ideas about forces and energy.

Students state what things will affect how far a cube will travel when flicked in the middle with a ball-point pen, and conduct an experiment to see what happens in practice.