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Students calculate percentage increases and decreases for odd jobs and show their working.

Students use all four operations to perform calculations using decimal values.

Students calculate the cost of a set of books given unit prices for an individual book.

Students calculate the cost of multiple CDs given the unit cost for a single CD.

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

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

In this practical task students use play money to show fractions of dollar amounts involving decimals.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division calculations using whole numbers and decimal amounts of money.

In this practical task students use play money to show fractions of dollar amounts.

Students work out the costs and the best value for money of a range of tomato sauce bottles.

Students calculate how price changes affect a purchase.

Students solve problems involving rates of pay based on a formula using powers, and compare this to a fixed rate of pay.

Students recommend which store offers the cheapest product based on calculations of percentage increase or decrease, and fully justify their answers.

Students estimate an addition problem, share their methods, discuss the front-end method and then do more problems using front-end.

Students select the best estimate for division and multiplication problems involving stamps, money, and baskets of pinecones.

Students explain subtraction estimation methods used to solve a word problem.

In this practical task students use counters to show fractions of whole numbers.

Students solve addition story problems involving numbers of different magnitude to explore their place value understanding.

Students interpret a pie graph to answer multiple choice questions.

Students answer questions that involve adding, and subtracting several numbers.

Students write down an explanation of how the front-end estimation strategy works in addition problems to give information on their understanding of the strategy.

Students break amounts into a number of equal sized groups.

Students calculate multiplication problems.

Students order fractions from smallest to greatest, and work out fractions of an amount.

Students discuss making an initial estimate in addition problems using the front-end method followed by compensation to get a more accurate estimate. They then use this method on two addition problems.