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Students work out how many doses in a larger measure of medicine.

For this NEMP task students use cards with numbers and operations on them to create number sentences.

Students complete two spatial patterns and give the rule for each.

Students evaluate how many complete times a number divides into another when there is a remainder.

Students calculate increases in length, area, and volume, and relate this to the scale factor for an enlargement.

Students use a number line to show as a fraction, the probability of the outcomes of different coin throws.

This listening comprehension assessment is based on a short extract from a school journal on moving an old house. SJ-2-3-1995. Text not provided.

Students fill in the missing sequential numbers on a magic plant and write a rule for the pattern.

Students identify the most likely sequence of tosses of a fair coin and explain their reasons.

Students identify the most likely combination of throws for a fair coin, and explain their reasons.

Students read an article on the marathon. They then answer a range of comprehension and vocabulary questions.

Students identify the visual techniques used within a static image and describe how they support the meaning of the written text.

Assessment focus: ability to de-construct and interpret messages in advertising, so that students can understand meaning-making processes in the construction of imagery.

Task: Watch a video of two sofas burning, record the results, and use the evidence to make inferences about fire retardants. Assessment focus: using observations to provide evidence.

Students describe a functional rule for two spatial patterns.

Task: students investigate the rolling distance of marbles on different surfaces. Assessment focus: processing information to answer a question.

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 answer questions based on multiplication or division by 25, and explain how they arrived at their answer.

Students describe algebraic expressions in words.

This practical task requires students to use a plastic comb and wool to generate static electricity. Students investigate different materials to find those that are attracted to the static charge.

Students plot the positions for three different stars at three different times during the evening. Students use this information to answer questions about star movement around the South Celestial Pole.

Task: multiple choice questions and interpreting a diagram. Assessment focus: phases of the moon.

Students predict the outcome of 100 coin tosses, then carry out a test of their prediction, recording their results.

This practical task requires students to record data, which is read out to them, on a stem-and-leaf graph. The leaves are then ordered into a second graph and the graph interpreted.

The assessment focus is on an informative speech to a small group about a famous historical person. Student directions, a checklist, and scoring guides are included.