Number Strategies resources

Students use given distances to calculate other distances.

Students carry out calculations involving multiplication of whole numbers by decimal numbers.

Students write ratios of cooking ingredients in their simplest form.

Students use given ratios to determine the number of people at the movies.

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

Students sort fractions into order from smallest to largest

Students identify prime numbers from a series of group sizes and list all the factors of 36.

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

Students use given information to solve a problem using a Venn diagram.

This task requires students to estimate some addition problems using any appropriate method.

Students work out the missing dimension on a rectangle and show how they obtained it using proportional reasoning.

Students use multiplication to solve problems about window cleaning an office building.

Students evaluate a number of expressions involving the laws of indices.

Students find the biggest and smallest numbers from a list of positive and negative numbers. They add, subtract and multiply using these numbers.

Students use addition and subtraction to solve story problems.

Students draw lines to divide up shapes into fractional parts.

This task requires students to estimate some addition problems using any appropriate method.

Students estimate the sum of a number of fractions.

Students answer questions about the change in weight of dogs as a result of limited food and increased exercise.

This task requires students to show how to estimate numbers of items in some multiplication problems using any acceptable estimation strategy.

Using discount percentages, students calculate the sale price of clothes from the original price. They also calculate the original price of a discounted item.

Students calculate percentage increases and decreases for odd jobs and show their working.

Students solve addition and subtraction problems involving fractions with different denominators.

Students calculate the number of different sized bottles of cola needed to make 6 litres and calculate the cheapest option to buy 12 litres

Students identify shapes that have been shaded two-thirds and name the fraction that the other shapes have been shaded.