: Number items
Approach: Independent
Resources: None

Questions / instructions:
  % responses
y4
y8

1. There are many different ways to make numbers. For example you can make the number 2 like this: 1+1 or 2X1 or 39+1-38. Write down 10 different ways of making the number 6. Try to make each one as different as possible.

number correct: 10
 
55
9
 
23
8
 
7
6–7
 
7
4–5
 
3
0–3
 
5
Diversity: highly diverse and complex
 
32
moderately diverse and complex
 
46
low diversity/complexity
 
20
incomplete
 
2

Sports Trip

 Bus seats:55

Room 1: 24 children Room 2: 26 children

2. Room 1 and Room 2 need a bus for a school trip. Would the bus be big enough for all the children to have a seat? Write down how you worked this out.

correct with valid explanation
49
 
correct but no/inadequate explanation
20
  
other
31
  

Nuts: One box has enough nuts for 5 people.

3. How many boxes will be needed for 30 people? Write down how you worked this out.

6 boxes
53
 
correct method but computational error
4
  
other
43
  

Block Tower: Here is a plan for a block tower.

Here is a plan of the tower

4. How many blocks are needed to make the block tower?

20 blocks
61
 

5. How many block are needed to make the tower for this plan?

24 blocks
55
  

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