Money resources

Students calculate the cost per kilogram of three confectionery hampers.

Students demonstrate their understanding of place value by identifying smallest and largest 3-digit money values, and by calculating the number of 10s in given amounts.

Students add up amounts of money including dollars and cents.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Students work out different percentages of a sum of money and the percentage of money left over.

Students use addition and subtraction to calculate the changing balance in a students back account.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Students select the answer for two subtraction problems, select which one they thought was easier, and explain their reasons for this.

Students use addition and subtraction to work out costs related to the purchase of grocery items.

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