Number Strategies resources

Students answer a question about working out many kilometres were travelled in one hour from a given time to travel one kilometre.

Students calculate the number of packets of biscuits that need to be sold, and how many house visits are needed to attain a given profit.

Students calculate the percentage by which clothing prices have been reduced.

Students calculate percentages of whole numbers and convert fractions to percentages.

Students calculate and evaluate powers of whole numbers.

Students solve number problems involving prices which include and exclude GST.

Students convert percentages to decimals.

Students put fractions of a number of different biscuits eaten on to a picture of Cookie Monster.

Students order possible items, work out the change from $10 or the shortfall for different items.

Students show how they estimate in some multiplication problems and come up with sensible estimates.

Students estimate a multiplication problem, share their methods, discuss the rounding method, and then do more estimation problems using rounding.

This practical task involves students making best estimates of sets of items and clearly demonstrating their method(s) of estimation.

Students answer four multiple choice questions identifying which three-digit number can be divided by a one-digit number to get a given remainder.

Students select which four-digit numbers can be divided by a one-digit number without a remainder.

Students calculate the cost of a set of books given unit prices for an individual book.

Students perform addition and subtraction calculations based on results from three classroom tests.

Students identify numbers using clues which give the range within which each number falls and two factors with their remainder.

Students complete equations by subtracting given numbers on a subtraction wheel.

Students explain multiplication estimation methods used to solve word problems.

Students interpret a pie graph to answer multiple choice questions.

Students identify different ways that given amounts of money can be made up using a range of coins and notes.

Students identify the coins that would be given as change in a range of transactions.

In this practical task, students use plastic coins to work out three different ways to make the same amount of money.

Students multiply two numbers, then divide the total by 3 and by 6.

Students addition and subtraction to work out what they can buy with given amounts of money, and the change they will get.