Addition examples

Addition examples

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This task is about using an algorithm to add numbers.
Write your answers in the boxes. You can use the remaining area to do your working.
1.
  5
+ 8


  

2.
  6
  3
  8
  7
+ 4


   

3.
  42
+ 35


   

4.
  87
+ 56


   

5.
  237
+ 436


   

6.
  5607
  3294
  6358
+ 7286


   

7. 36 + 117 + 6 + 23 + 240 =
Task administration: 

This is a NEMP trend task. It was trialled in both 1997 and 2001. The data for both years is on the scoring page.

Level:
4
Keywords: 
Description of task: 
For this NEMP task students performs a series of increasingly difficult addition problems presented in vertical algorithms.
Answers/responses: 
   

Y8 (09/1997)

Y8 (09/2001)

1.

13

95%

97%

2.

28

91%

90%

3.

77

96%

96%

4.

143

90%

92%

5.

763

90%

89%

6.

22 545

67%

69%

7.

422

57%

62%

 

Total score 7

32%

40%

Total score 6

39%

33%

Total score 5

19%

16%

Total score 4

5%

7%

Total score 3

4%

2%

Total score 2

0%

1%

Total score 1

1%

1%

Total score 0

0%

0%

Commentary
The 2001 students performed very similarly to the 1997 students.