Ordering weight 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about ordering decimal numbers. Six people at a dog show weighed their dogs. Lemi 35.4 kg Mila 27.4 kg Fola 29.3 kg Iotana 35.1 kg Niki 29.8 kg Sharon 28.4 kg Question Change answer a) Order the dogs' weights from lightest to heaviest. a) Order the dogs' weights from lightest to heaviest. Lemi 35.4 kg Mila 27.4 kg Fola 29.3 kg Iotana 35.1 kg Niki 29.8 kg Sharon 28.4 kg Question b) Three of the dogs weigh 99.8 kg altogether. Select who they are from the list below. Lemi 35.4 kg Mila 27.4 kg Fola 29.3 kg Iotana 35.1 kg Niki 29.8 kg Sharon 28.4 kg Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto-marking displayed to students). Copyright: Image: iStock Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Knowledge Keywords: decimals, ordering numbers, sequencing Description of task: Students order a set of student's weights from lightest to heaviest and identify the three students needed to equal a given weight total. Answers/responses: Y6 (08/2002) 2 marks (for all correct) or 1 mark (for 1 error) Errors include: transcription errors transposition two numbers ordering heaviest to lightest.) a) Mila: 27.4, Sharon: 28.4, Fola: 29.3, Niki: 29.8, Iotana: 35.1, Lemi: 35.4 very easy 1 mark b) Lemi: 35.4, Itotana: 35.1, Fola: 29.3 difficult Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely calculation Likely reason Lemi, Iotana, Niki 99.8 - (35 + 35) = 99.8 - 70 Ignores decimal part of Lemi's and Iotana's weights. Long jump Gymnastics competition II June temperatures Ordering decimals Decimal places Awaiti School netball team Decimals and calculators Running records Decimals on number lines
