:He Äporo — Apples
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Approach: One to one  
Focus: Money calculations and change.  
Resources: Advertisement card, calculator,$5, $10 and $20 notes.
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Questions/instructions:
The calculator is not given to the student until question 4.
Questions leading up to Q4 are solved mentally.
In this activity we are using some artificial money.
Apples at a shop cost $1.95 a kilogram.
Show the advertisement card and hand out money.
I want to buy 5 kilograms of apples.I have a $5 note, a $10 note and a $20 note.

Apples
$1.95 a kilograms
Kaua e hoatu te tätaitai ki te äkonga kia tae rawa ki te pätai 4.
Ko ngä pätai i mua i te pätai 4 me whakaoti ä hinengaro. Hoatu ngä moni.
Anei a tätou moni mö tënei mahi. $1.95 te utu o te kirokarama äporo.
Whakaaturia te käri hokohoko. Anei he äporo. $1.95 te utu mö te kirokarama.
Nä, kei te hia hoko ahau e 5 kirokarama äporo.
Arä te $5, arä te $10, arä te $20.

% responses
GEd
MI
1. What is the smallest value note that I could use to pay for the apples?

Ko tëhea te moni, iti rawa te uara, hei utu mäku, i ngä äporo?
$10
82
69
2.

Why did you choose that note?

He aha koe i köwhiri ai i tënä moni?

calculation
9
9
estimation and elimination
42
58
estimation, but not eliminating $20 option
25
14
3.

How much change would you expect?

He aha te moni ka toe mai?
25¢
27
37

Hand student a calculator.
Use the calculator to work out the next problem. Tell me what you are doing with the calculator as you do it.

Hoatu he tätaitai ki te äkonga.
Whakamahia te tätaitai hei whakaoti i te rapanga e whai ake nei. Körero mai kei te ahatia e koe te tätaitai i a koe e mahi ana.
4.

If I bought a 5 kilogram bag of apples on special for $7.50, how much would the apples cost per kilogram?
Ask the student to read out the answer shown on the calculator.

Mehemea ka hokona mai e au tëtahi 5 kirokarama pëke äporo, ä, kua whakahekengia te utu ki te $7.50 mö taua pëke, e hia te utu mö ia kirokarama.
Tonoa te äkonga ki te körero mai te whakautumä tätaitai.
$1.50
42
23
Commentary
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings and students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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