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For this practical task students are required to follow, by physically stepping them out, a set of compass directions.

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

Students find the next three shapes in several growing shape patterns and explain how they worked out the shapes.

Students throw two dice, add the numbers together, construct a tally chart of results, and compare theoretical with observed outcome.

Students count the number of pairs thrown in a series of throws of three dice to evaluate the long-run relative frequency of getting a pair.

Students complete number sequences, and identify different rules for sequences that begin with the same numbers.

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

Students work out fractional values of whole numbers in a range of contexts and show their working.

Students explain why a range of students' answers to a maths problem are incorrect.

Students solve mathematical problems involving distance, and identify parts of an algebraic expression.

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

Task: Design a plant that meets the criteria for a particular environment. Assessment focus: identifying specific features of a plant and explaining how they help it survive in its environment.

Task: Use a diagram and fact file to answer questions about sharks' fins. Assessment focus: adaptations of sharks to facilitate movement in water.

From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe personal attributes, students identify which person is being described.

Students are provided with a map that has numbers on it representing various ash fall depths from a volcanic eruption. Students draw lines to link the similar numbers and answer questions about these. They also explain three major problems an ash fall could cause.

Students read a short extract on diving and answer five comprehension questions.

This transactional writing resource requires students to express their views about organ donation.

Students complete a cloze passage with 26 blanks about a boy stuck between some steps. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

Students read an article on cold water survival and retrieve information from this text.

Students select the correct statement that matches a given graph.

Students read opinions written by four different students and make inferences to answer comprehension questions.

Students read the letters written by four different people and identify the main idea of each letter.

A newspaper article on the Wearable Art show is the context for this resource, with five short written response comprehension questions.

Students are required to identify and interpret the metaphors in two short poems.

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.