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• TLF-IDA003586

This task can be used to reveal whether students can use markings on a ruler to measure in centimetres and whether they understand how the number on the scale relates to the units.

• TLF-IDA003588

Use this diagnostic task to assess a student's understanding of capacity and the calibrated scale on a measuring jug.

• TLF-IDA003558

Use this diagnostic task to assess if students use an array structure when working out how many tiles fit in a rectangle.

• TLF-IDA003556

A collection of diagnostic tasks designed to use with students to assess their understanding of space-related concepts in mathematics.

• TLF-IDA003062

This video explores multiplicative strategies, methods and models to solve a given worded problem. It uses a scenario of a student helping a sibling to explore and discuss methods for solving the problem: ‘How many months has a 25 year old been alive?’ It shows how prior knowledge is required to know what type of calculation ...

• TLF-IDA003329

Use this video to explore decimal fractions, how they are represented and how we use them in day-to-day contexts.

• TLF-IDA003037

This video uses an everyday scenario of three people sharing a taxi ride to explore algebraic thinking, and to apply that thinking to a financial context, drawing on reasoning and mathematical modelling. Use the video with the supporting teacher guide as a springboard to explore mathematical concepts. The teacher guide ...

• TLF-IDA003311

Use this video to connect area and perimeter to real world applications to set the context for why we are learning about area and perimeter.

• TLF-IDM025434

Mathematician Lily Serna visits Luna Park to explain a great probability pitfall. She shares a century-old tale from Monte Carlo casino, and then she puts its lesson to the test. If you flip a coin and it lands on heads three times in a row, what result would you predict for the next flip? Find out why intuition might land ...

• TLF-IDM020175

What are factors? Watch as the jelly babies in this clip show you! What are the factors of 12? How many factors does the number 11 have? Try explaining to a friend what a prime number is.