Maths resources

For this NEMP task students perform a range of practical measuring tasks including calculations involving time and selection of appropriate units of measuring.

Students solve story problems involving multiplication and division.

Students show how to break given amounts into a number of equal sized groups and find the amount each person gets.

Students calculate how many adults got into a concert for free using information about the number of concert-goers and the ratio of free adults to children.

Students perform calculations using standard form.

Students circle part of a collection of fruit pictures to show their understanding of fractional numbers.

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

This task is about subtracting with different parts of the equation missing.

Students use sticks to continue given patterns, and identify the number of sticks needed to make the new shapes in the pattern

Students interpret a line graph showing the distance travelled and the time for two car journeys and answer questions about time, distance and speed.

Students identify the number of dots in the <i>n</i>th shape of a series of spatial patterns.

Students complete number pairs, and write the equations for three 'number machines'.

Students complete and interpret a graph to answer questions about time, distance and speed.

Students are asked to study a stem-and-leaf graph on armspan of students and answer questions interpreting the data.

Students explain the terms discrete and continuous data.

Students select the correct algebraic expression describing practical situations.

Students explain the variables in a linear equation involving speed and distance. They then solve the equation by substitution.

Students identify a correct statement about the comparing the overall distribution of two dot plots.

Students find and show given fractions of shapes and sets of counters.

Students select the correct factorisation of algebraic expressions.

Students solve multiplication problems involving negative numbers, finding the biggest and the smallest products.

Students identify the approximate capacities of everyday containers.

Students place decimal numbers in the correct order and position on a number line.

In this practical task, students use different colours to identify a variety of 2-dimensional shapes in a stained glass window pattern.

Students calculate the volume and surface area of a cuboid box.