Checking the bank account

Checking the bank account

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This task is about working out the changes to an account balance.
Te Hare is checking her bank account after her last 3 deposits and withdrawals. 

Question 1Change answer

Complete a), b), and c) in the table below to show the correct totals.

Date Particulars Deposits Withdrawals Balance
27/11/25

Balance brought forward

 - - $239.40
29/11/25 EFTPOS withdrawal - $89.95 $149.45
1/12/25 Deposit $100.00 - $249.45
1/12/25 EFTPOS withdrawal - $69.99 $179.46
1/12/25 EFTPOS withdrawal - $195.95 a) 
1/12/25 EFTPOS withdrawal - $35.00 b) 
1/12/25 Deposit $100.00 - c) 
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This task is completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies
Keywords: 
addition, subtraction, decimals, money, banking
Description of task: 
Students calculate the changes to an account balance after two withdrawals and a deposit.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply additive or multiplicative strategies flexibly to whole numbers, ratios and equivalent fractions (including decimals and percentages) to solve addition and subtraction problems.
 
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Additive thinking, sets 7-8
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y7 (09/1996)

Y8 (09/1996)
a) ⁻$16.49 moderate very easy
b) ⁻$51.49 or answer to a) minus 35 (paper only) difficult easy
c) $48.51 or answer to b) plus 100 (paper only) difficult moderate