Lemonade and muffins

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This task is about solving practical problems involving food and drink.

Question 1Change answer

a) When Jasmine makes lemonade she uses 6 lemons for every litre of water.

How many lemons does she need for

i) 2 litres of water?

ii) 3 litres of water?

iii) 10 litres of water?

b) Devinda is doing some baking. When he uses his mum's recipe he can make 8 muffins. When he doubles the recipe he gets 16 muffins.

How many lots of the recipe does he need to make

i) 24 muffins?

ii) 32 muffins?

iii) 56 muffins?

Task administration:

This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).

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Description of task:

Students solve practical word problems.

Learning Progression Frameworks

This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with

within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.

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Teaching and learning:

This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply simple multiplicative strategies.

Diagnostic and formative information:

	Common error	Likely reason
b) iii) iii)	6 5	Thinks that 56 ÷ 8 = 6 rather than 7. Continues sequence 3, 4, 5.