Number Strategies resources

Students use fractions as operators to find unit fractions of a given whole number.

Students work out fractional values of whole numbers in a range of contexts and show their working.

Students show how to partition a number of counters and identify the fraction shared.

Students find fractional amounts of a total number of Easter eggs.

Students answer questions using a fraction as an operator to find the fraction quantities.

Students demonstrate their understanding of the effect of division and multiplication involving fractions.

For this NEMP task students use multiplication and division operations in calculations involving fractions.

Students identify equivalent fractions, and write fractions in their simplest forms.

Students add and subtract fractions to work out fractions of food.

For this NEMP task students perform calculations using fractions and mixed numbers.

For this practical task students model the fractions 1/10, 1/8, and 1/6 using plasticine, then name the remainder for each fraction.

In this practical task students order proper fractions on a number line between 0 and 1.

Students compare the strength of drinks with different rates of drink powder per volume of water.

Students work out the costs and the best value for money of a range of tomato sauce bottles.

Students work out the stock rate (number of sheep per hectare) for a farm and use it to determine the maximum number of sheep for the winter.

Students answer multiple-choice questions involving total weight and a number of objects.

Students use the number of words typed in a given time to work out the number of words typed per minute and per hour.

Students evaluate how many complete times a number divides into another when there is a remainder.

Students answer questions involving finding how many of one fraction goes into another fraction.

The price of various amounts of diesel is required given its price per litre as well as writing out how much diesel can be bought for a given price.

Students work out what fractions of shapes have been shaded.

Students use cuisenaire rods to work out part-whole fraction problems.

Students use percentages to calculate heights of a building from the total height. They then explain how to calculate another percentage.

In this practical task students use counters to show fractions of whole numbers.

Students show how to divide 3-digit whole numbers into equal sized groups and identify any remainder.