Using given times for a sprinting race and given weights for a fishing competition, students order the decimal numbers to give the fastest three times and the three heaviest fish.
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 explain how they can work out how many striped or shaded beads are needed for a number of repeated 'sets', and identify the number of striped and shaded beads for given numbers of sets.