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Students compare the costs of printing a school magazine at two different companies.

Students write and solve equations for story problems describing practical situations.

An article about a clown is read by students who then complete a retrieval chart about his job.

In this practical task, students decide how many of four different shaped containers have the same capacity, then check by filling them with water.

Students solve a number of mathematical problems about the cost of a visit to the fair using algebraic expressions provided.

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

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

Students interpret a back-to-back bar graph comparing and identifying a pattern in the data.

Students read an article about castles to complete a retrieval chart using information from the text. SJ-1-2-1995. Text provided.

Students are required to construct a composite bar graph based on Statistics New Zealand Time Use Survey data and are then required to make comparative statements based on gender.

Students perform calculations using standard form.

Students perform calculations using whole numbers and negative numbers.

In this practical task, students collect data on the number of people in cars passing the school. They then record this, in a table and use the information to make a prediction.

Students complete a table showing a family of sons increasing by a power, and calculate the next power showing their working.

Students explain who is most likely to win a game based on spinners, and how the game could be made fair.

This practical task requires students to construct open boxes from grid paper and calculate their volumes.

Task: Students decide what sort of animals two skulls belong to. A self-assessment checklist is included. Assessment focus: using evidence to identify carnivores and herbivores.

Students decide on the variables that will make an experiment about boiling water a fair test. Assessment focus: Recognising multiple variables.

Students show how they solve equal sharing problems.

Students estimate an addition problem, share their methods, discuss grouping nice numbers, and then do a problem using this method, then design a question showing how it uses the method.

Students select a non-standard unit of measure to measure an envelope and explain their choice.

Students perform decimal multiplication and division involving the cost of material, without the use of a calculator.

Students interpret graphs showing the different ways that four people run a race.

Task: Predict, Observe, Explain, (POE) activity observing what happens to air in a balloon when it is heated. Assessment focus: behaviour of gases when heated and cooled.

For this practical task students are assessed on their ability to record their observations of the decomposition of a cut slice of pumpkin over a two week time period.