Give-aways

Give-aways

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Overview
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Further Resources
This task is about working out how many people get give-aways.

Question 1Change answer

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At a tennis championship, 225 people went through the gate at the entrance. 
 
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a)  Every 10th person going through the gate was given a free sun visor.
     How many sun visors were given away? 

Question 2Change answer

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b)  Every 30th person received a voucher for a free cup of coffee.
     How many vouchers were given away? 

Question 4Change answer

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c)  Every 75th person received a sun umbrella.
     How many umbrellas were given away? 

Question 6Change answer

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d)  One lucky person got an umbrella, a voucher, and a sun visor.
     How many people went through the gate before this lucky person? 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto-marking displayed to students).
Levels:
3, 4
Description of task: 
Students calculate the number of free gifts distributed at a Tennis Championship given the number of people entering and the frequency of the gifts given away.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (06/97)

Y7 (06/97)

a) 22 moderate moderate
b) 7 difficult moderate
c) 3 moderate easy
d) 149 very difficult very difficult
Teaching and learning: 
 
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).
 
Diagnostic and formative information: 
    Common error Likely reason
a)
b)
22.5
7.5
Does not recognise that answer must be a whole number.
a)
b)
23
8
Rounds up rather than rounds down.
d) 115 or 114
150
Calculates 10 + 30 + 75 (- 1)
Understands the correct concepts but forgets to subtract 1.