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Even and Odd Orcharding - Calculate

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What makes even numbers special? What makes odd numbers… well… odd? Help these farmers plant their fruit trees in rows and patterns, and see what happens when we add, subtract and multiply different combinations of these numbers together! Use this low threshold, high ceiling task to explore the properties of even and odd numbers.

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Santa needs a navigator - Calculate

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This activity challenges students to find the best route for Santa to take around the world, taking timezones and travel time into consideration. Students mark places on a map, plan a route that is taken only at night and calculate the duration of the entire trip.

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Multiplying two-digit numbers using the area model - Calculate

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This resources describes some games and activities that can be used to help students to learn strategies to solve multi-digit multiplication problems, including using the area model.

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Financial Mathematics: Simple Interest - Calculate

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This unit introduces the calculation of simple interest, as a starter for learning about compound interest. Students learn about a range of ways in which interest generally is used and applied in the real world and then use the formula for calculating simple interest to solve borrowing, saving and investment problems.

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Race to... - Calculate

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This game challenges students to use their knowledge of place value to add and subtract random numbers in order to meet a target value.

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Park Ranger Problem Solving: An ‘Addition & Subtraction’ Rich Task for Years 3–4 - Calculate

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The aim of this task is to provide a rich, contextual activity through which students can begin to explore the addition and subtraction of one- and two-digit of numbers in everyday contexts.

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The Power of Ten - Calculate

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This activity aims to improve student fluency in mentally multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 and 1000.

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Ice Power

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This activity demonstrates how much water expands when frozen. Students quantify water's expansion when it freezes and establish how this can lead to weathering (breakdown) of rocks in areas exposed to frequent freezing and thawing temperatures. It is best to set up the demonstration one day ahead and examine the results ...

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Volcanic hazards: What would an Emergency Manager do?

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This activity examines a hypothetical city and its vulnerability to volcanic hazard risk. It includes background information for teachers, PowerPoint presentation, student activity sheet and worked answers.

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Four in a Row - Calculate

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This game played in pairs or small groups challenges students to create equations using numbers rolled on ten-sided dice.

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Decimats - Calculate

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This activity allows students to develop an understanding of decimals and how they connect to fractions and the area model. It enables them to make comparisons between decimals and their sizes and build a greater understanding of what makes a larger decimal and smaller decimal. The decimats provide them with a representational ...

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Pattern & Algebra Year 4 - Calculate

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The focus of this activity is to discover if students can use numbers to describe a pattern created with objects. We want to encourage students to record what they know about the pattern in a table and then use this information to help predict future terms and identify the rule or function for the pattern. By recording ...

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Subtraction Strategies - Calculate

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This game gives students opportunities to practice subtraction skills and to learn subtraction strategies, including the jump strategy, the split (or partition) strategy, compensation and the count-up to strategy (sometimes called the Shopkeeper’s method).

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Cuisenaire Rods Lesson Plan - Calculate

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This lessons explores the use of Cuisenaire rods and uses play to introduce them to students.

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Symmetry Year 4 - Calculate

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This activity is about symmetry and transformations. The aim is for students not simply find solutions but to think about a way to record their discoveries in a systematic way. How can students share their thinking and compare their answers to someone else?

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Decimals Year 3 & 4 - Calculate

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The focus of this activity is to find out what students know about addition of decimals and what are some of the different strategies students are able to use and explain. Do students prefer to use equations or do students rely more on empty number lines?

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Linear Relationships (and how Maths can help you choose a great car) - Calculate

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The activity has students collecting their own information from a well-known Australia car buying website and using this to find an estimated relationship between the ‘asking price’ for a used car and the distance it has traveled in kilometres.

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Mastermind - Calculate

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This small group game challenges students to use logic and problem solving strategies to name multi-digit numbers.

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First steps in mathematics: Chance and data

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This guide supports teachers to develop students’ understanding, skills and processes related to probability and statistics.

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First steps in mathematics: Space

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This guide supports teachers to develop students’ geometric understandings.

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