Maths resources

For this NEMP task students use cards with numbers and operations on them to create number sentences.

Students select the correct symbol (greater then, equal to, less than) to complete statements about the ages of some children.

Students decide whether pairs of number expressions are equal to, less than, or greater than each other.

Students work out the cost and the weights of buying several bags of flour.

Students calculate the amount of money shown by diagrams of coins, then calculate change given when some of the money is spent.

Students draw diagrams to demonstrate their understanding of three angle properties: angles at a point, adjacent angles on a straight line and vertically opposite angles.

Students complete addition arrays by selecting from given numbers.

Students complete a spatial pattern, record the sequence in a table, and complete a statement about the rule.

Students use given rules to complete a series of number patterns.

Students calculate the area of an extension to a cottage and the area around the buildings.

Students select the most appropriate unit of time for a series of everyday activities.

Students identify whether two shapes have been partitioned evenly or not, and show how to correctly partition the shapes.

Students write addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division story problems for given car advertisements.

In this practical task, students use counters to continue a spatial pattern, then describe a rule to show how the pattern was made.

Students draw lines of symmetry on road sign pictures.

Students to interpret a bar graph and answer questions about its data.

Students explore the additive identity by completing open number sentences.

Students compare the overall distribution of two graphs and describe their reasons.

Student select shapes that are similar but not squares and explain what makes them squares or not.

Students describe a functional rule for two spatial patterns.

Students calculate the number of containers needed for given amounts of fruit for a recipe.

Students calculate the volume of 3-dimensional shapes made up from cubes.

Student work out the side lengths and area of a tapa cloth from the measurement of a small section of it, converting between cm and metres.

For this practical task students are required to follow, by physically stepping them out, a set of compass directions.

Different selections are made from a canteen menu that will cost a given amount. An extension activity is given that asks for all possible combinations to be found.