3 Shading fractions of sets and shapes 6 Keywords: fractionsfractions as operatorssets Students find and show given fractions of shapes and sets of counters. Preview
5 Working out ratios 3 Keywords: ratios Students use ratios and proportional reasoning to compute various amounts. Preview
5 Tomato sauce 1 Keywords: breakeven pointscapacityconversion of unitsmoneyrates Students work out the costs and the best value for money of a range of tomato sauce bottles. Preview
5 Discount Phone 0 Keywords: breakeven pointsdiscountkey competenciesmoneypercentages Students recommend which store offers the cheapest product based on calculations of percentage increase or decrease, and fully justify their answers. Preview
5 Find the percentage 0 Keywords: discountmoneypercentages Students calculate the percentage by which clothing prices have been reduced. Preview
5 Travelling from Wellington to Auckland 0 Keywords: percentages Students express a distance as a percentage of the distance of a whole journey, and calculate percentages or fractions of parts of the journey. Preview
3 Hungry shark 7 Keywords: fractionsfractions as operators In this practical task students drag fractions of different fish onto the body of a shark. Preview
4 Percentage complete 6 Keywords: percentages Students express proportions as percentages and calculate percentages. Preview
2 Cutting up 2 Keywords: fractionspartitioning Students identify whether two shapes have been partitioned evenly or not, and show how to correctly partition the shapes. Preview
2 Dividing squares 5 Keywords: fractionspartitioning Students find different ways to divide squares into halves and quarters. Preview
23 Fractions and sets 9 Keywords: fractionsfractions as operatorspartitioningsets Students partition sets of objects and show how to work out fractions of quantities (using fractions as operators). Preview
2 Cutting the cake 2 Keywords: fractionspartitioningquotient Students show how to partition shapes into a given number of equal parts and identify the fraction of each part. Preview
1 Sharing animal toys 4 Keywords: divisionequal sharing Students break amounts into a number of equal sized groups. Preview
5 With or without GST 1 Keywords: discountmoneypercentages Students work out the cost of items of clothing both before and after GST has been added to them. Preview
5 Kapa haka festival 4 Keywords: kapa hakaratios Students use given ratios to determine the number of people performing kapa haka. Preview
5 Road journeys 0 Keywords: distancesformulaephysics conceptsspeedtime Task: calculate answer to questions about speed, distance, and time. Assessment focus: using a formula. Preview
5 Square flower beds 2 Keywords: estimationsquare roots Students calculate an exact square root and estimate approximate square roots by finding the length of the square flower bed of a given area, and give an explanation for their answers. Preview
2 Sharing counters 3 Keywords: equal sharingfractionspartitioning Students share out sets of counters into equal-sized groups. Preview
3 Building percentages 2 Keywords: double number linesfractions as operatorshalvingpercentages Students use percentages to calculate heights of a building from the total height. They then explain how to calculate another percentage. Preview
5 Odd Jobs 0 Keywords: discountkey competenciesmoneypercentages Students calculate percentage increases and decreases for odd jobs and show their working. Preview
3 Cuisenaires and fractions 1 Keywords: cuisenaire rodsfractionskey competenciespart-whole fractionsunitising Students use cuisenaire rods to work out part-whole fraction problems. Preview
3 Fractions of cake 6 Keywords: additionfractionssubtraction Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food. Preview
5 Butter fingers 2 Keywords: estimation Students explain errors in calculations that include all operations, decimal values, and percentages. Preview
34 Sharing fruit and vegetables 1 Keywords: additiondivisionequal sharingremainders Students calculate the numbers of pieces of fruit and vegetables divided evenly into bags, and any remainder. Preview
4 What is the answer? 3 Keywords: key competenciesorder of operationsstrategies Students demonstrate their understanding of order of operations by explaining how a correct answer is calculated. Preview