Questions/instructions:

I want you to use the balance to make a lump of plasticine which is as heavy as this box of raisins.
If student just changes the shape of the plasticine:
Prompt: You don’t have to use all of the plasticine.
If student doesn’t use the balance:
Prompt: Remember you can use the balance.

Whakamahia te pürere whärite, ki te whakataurite poi kerepeti kia rite ki te taumaha o te pouaka reihana.
Mehemea ka tïnihia te ähua anake me kï atu:
He äwhina: Ehara i te mea me whakamahia te kerepeti katoa.
Mehemea käore te äkonga e whakamahi i te pürere wharite me kï:
He äwhina: Kia maumahara, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te pürere whärite.

How do you know that the lump of plasticine and the box of raisins are the same weight?

He aha koe i möhio ai he örite te taumaha o te poi kerepeti ki te pouaka reihana?

Now use this lump to make two pieces that each weigh the same amount.
If halved visually without being checked on the balance, ask:
Prompt: How do you know that each lump weighs the same amount?
Prompt: Can you think of a way of checking that out to see if they are the same?

Mai i tënei poi, mahia anö kia rua ngä poi e orite ana te taumaha.
Mehemea ka häwhe noatia, ä, käore i whakaritea i runga i te pürere whärite, me pätai:
He äwhina: He aha koe i möhio ai he örite te taumaha o ia poi?
He äwhina: Ka taea anö e koe te whakarite [check] mehemea kei te örite te taumaha o ia poi?

This time I want you to try to make a lump that is one and a half times as heavy as one of these lumps.
Prompt: How do you know that one lump is one and a half times as heavy as the other?
Prompt: Can you think of a way of checking that?

Inäianei mahia he poi kia 1 1/2 te taumaha ake, i tëtahi atu.
He äwhina: He aha koe i möhio ai he taumaha ake tëtahi poi, i tërä, mä te1 1/2?
He äwhina: Ka taea anö e koe te whakarite mehemea kei te tika?

Commentary:
Statistical comparisons are not appropriate because students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings received additional guidance in attempting question 4.