Number sentences

Number sentences

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This task is about identifying the number or symbol needed to make a number sentence true.

Year 4
Questions/instructions

a)

 

 Here is a number sentence:
3 ×  < 14

Which number could go in the  to make the sentence true?
  (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)		 4
5
12
13

b)
Which number sentence is true?
  (A) 321 < 123
  (B) 321 < 321
  (C) 321 > 123
  (D) 321 = 123
  
c) Which is true?
  (A) 16 < 15
  (B) 16 > 17
  (C) 17 < 16
  (D) 17 > 16
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Equations and expressions
Keywords: 
nemp, greater than, less than, equal to, equations
Description of task: 
Students complete inequations by identifying the number or symbol needed to make the expression correct.
Answers/responses: 
   

Y4 (10/2001)
(1997 data is in brackets)

a)

A
52% (37%)

b)

C
47% (33%)

c)

D
56% (43%)
Diagnostic and formative information: 
Some of these questions are NEMP trend tasks. They were trialled in both 1997 and 2001.
The data for both years is on the scoring page.
 
Commentary
This collection of items included some used previously in 1997 and others new in 2001. On three trend items, Year 4 students in 2001 performed substantially better than the 1997 students. Year 8 students performed similarly in 1997 and 2001 on the Year 8 trend item.