Money resources

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

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

Students calculate how price changes affect a purchase.

Students calculate the cost of a set of books given unit prices for an individual book.

Students calculate the percentage by which clothing prices have been reduced.

Students calculate the cost of hiring a search and rescue helicopter and compare this cost with another helicopter company's charges.

This practical task involves students making best estimates of sets of items and clearly demonstrating their method(s) of estimation.

Students calculate the repair charges for two different washing machine repair companies, and compare and explain their results.

Students calculate the repair charges of two different garages, graph them, and explain the results.

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

Students solve algebraic problems about the cost of oranges and lemons and how many of each fruit is purchased for a given cost.

Students recommend which store offers the cheapest product based on calculations of percentage increase or decrease, and fully justify their answers.

Students calculate the charges for lawn mowing expressed as rate plus set-up cost.

Students work out the smallest and largest amounts of coins and notes in a piggy bank from statements about the number and type of money.

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

Students solve problems involving rates of pay based on a formula using powers, and compare this to a fixed rate of pay.

Students calculate the changes to an account balance after two withdrawals and a deposit.

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.

This task requires students to interpret and answer questions from a time-series line graph.

Students calculate the number of packets of biscuits that need to be sold, and how many house visits are needed to attain a given profit.

Students use all four operations to perform calculations using decimal values.

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

Students calculate the cost per kilogram of three confectionery hampers.

Students demonstrate their understanding of a linear algebraic equation to calculate the amount of money in a savings account.

In this practical task students use play money to show fractions of dollar amounts involving decimals.