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

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

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

Students compare the overall distribution of two dot plots and describe their reasons.

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.

Task: Match everyday terms about properties with their meanings. Use their understanding about properties of paper and their uses to justify appropriate questions to investigate. Assessment focus: asking questions about paper properties.

Task: Process and interpret data in a table to identify the best paper to use for a game. Evaluate the reliability of the collected data. Assessment focus: using evidence to answer a question.

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

Students interpret a table about the amount of money raised for a run-a-thon, and graph the points represented.

Students interpret a line graph showing the amount of money in a savings account over time. No calculation is required.

Students interpret a bar graph of account balances and respond to questions about the data.

Students select the correct algebraic expression describing practical situations.

Students read an article on Mother Teresa and then answer short comprehension questions.

Students are required to critique a survey and design another useful question to be included.

Students read information and make statements about the information from two bar graphs.

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

Students select the correct expression to describe word problems.

Students deliver an impromptu speech from topics that are suitable for secondary school. Assessment guides A, B, and C are suitable for this task.

Students give reasons for and against saving endangered animals or plants.

Students demonstrate their understanding of a graph showing the relationship between the cost of different bottles of drink and the amount each bottle contains. They then explain which bottle of drink is the best value for money paid.

After reading a narrative about a shrewd boy, students identify evidence in the text that supports their thinking. Assessment focus: analysing and evaluating a character and the author's construction of him. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task administration section of the Teacher information pages.) Reading age 8-9. SJ-2-4-2000. Text provided.

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

Students are asked to read a short story and to insert the speech marks required to punctuate the direct speech in the story.

The assessment focus is on student ability to make inferences about character and justify these with evidence from text.