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.
Students show their understanding of directions by identifying which child will be chosen in a circular game for which clockwise instructions are given.
For this NEMP task students perform a range of practical measuring tasks including calculations involving time and selection of appropriate units of measuring.
Different selections are made from a canteen menu that will cost a given amount. An extension activity is given that asks for all possible combinations to be found.
Students complete a table showing the number of counters used to make a series of L-shapes. They identify the number of counters needed for different situations, and describe the relationship as a rule.
In this practical task, students estimate, and then measure, the weight of two objects using a number of multi-link cubes, a balance scale and weights.