Number Strategies resources

Students solve multiplication problems.

Students use subtraction to solve word problems involving fractions.

Students share total numbers of objects according to some given ratios in a variety of contexts.

Students use ratios and proportional reasoning to compute various amounts.

Students work out the cost of items of clothing both before and after GST has been added to them.

Students use prices of vegetables to perform all four arithmetic operations on decimal numbers.

Students calculate the cost per kilogram of three confectionery hampers.

Students answer questions by dividing a given amount of chocolate bars equally, and finding a fraction of the total amount.

Students perform calculations using standard form.

Students use addition, multiplication and division operations to perform calculations.

Students add fractions with different denominators.

Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food.

Students perform calculations using fractions with different denominators.

Students perform calculations using whole numbers and negative numbers.

Students use division to solve story problems.

Task: calculate answer to questions about speed, distance, and time. Assessment focus: using a formula.

Students use a number line to show how to solve whole number addition and subtraction problems.

Students use a number line to show how to solve whole number addition and subtraction problems.

Students complete a table showing a family of sons increasing by a power, and calculate the next power showing their working.

Students convert heights of a building into the percentage of the given total height, explaining how they solved some conversions. Assessment focus is on how they calculate these heights and what strategies they use.

Students answer questions based on multiplication or division by 25, and explain how they arrived at their answer.

In this practical task students drag fractions of different fish onto the body of a shark.

Students calculate fractions of a total number of cars. They also calculate the total number of cars, given an identified fraction of this total.

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.

Students use estimation strategies to calculate the number of vegetables they can buy with given amounts of money.