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Students use doubling and halving to solve a number of multiplication problems.

Task: Sort cards to identify how four items of rubbish will impact on the beach, plants and animals that are found there, and humans. They then select items to remove and leave, and justify their decisions. Assessment focus: impact of materials on the environment.

Students calculate the lengths of circles and straight lines on an oval athletics track from its given radius and total length, and show their working.

Task: Using statements from four people decide and justify whether or not each person supports wind farms. Identify which person has a misconception about wind farms, giving a reason. Assessment focus: identifying different perspectives.

Students add the numbers shown on three dice.

Students carry out calculations involving addition, and multiplication of whole numbers by decimal numbers.

Students show how they estimate in some multiplication problems and come up with sensible estimates.

Students use number lines to show their understanding of commutativity.

Students use number lines to show their understanding of commutativity.

Students read an article about an investigation into the sustainable harvest of pīkao and identify key features of the investigation. Assessment focus: interpreting information about how scientists work.

Students use fractions as operators to find unit fractions of a given whole number.

Students show where different fractions are positioned on a number line.

Assessment focus: ability to critically analyse and interpret a visual text, based on individual perception and the use of descriptors (visual/verbal/sound etc) to illustrate interpretation.

Students answer maths problems involving multiplication, and show their working.

Students use the commutative property to find missing numbers in equations and explain the property.

Students use the commutative property to find missing numbers in equations and explain the property.

Students order a range of fractions on a number line.

Students solve different forms of addition equations.

Students solve different forms of subtraction equations.

Students discuss making an interval estimate in multiplication problems (i.e., getting a lower and an upper limit for the actual answer using the front-end and rounding-up estimation methods). They then use this method on two problems.

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.

Students solve subtraction word problems.

Students complete open number sentences to show their understanding of equality.

Students complete open number sentences to show their understanding of equality.

Students interpret a graph about getting to school, writing descriptions about each students journey and making statements comparing the journeys.