Questions/instructions:

Place the 100g and 50g boxes of Pebbles in front of the student.
In this activity you will be using some boxes of Pebbles.
The big box holds 100 grams of Pebbles and costs $1.30.
The smaller box holds 50 grams of Pebbles and costs 60 cents.

Whakatakotongia te pouaka Pebbles 100 karama me te pouaka 50 karama ki mua i te äkonga.
E whakamahia ana e koe ëtahi pouaka Pebbles.100 karama Pebbles kei roto i te pouaka nui, ä, $1.30 te utu. E 50 karama Pebbles kei roto i te pouaka paku iho, ä, e 60 hëneti te utu.

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Which one is the better value for money?
Prompt: Which box would give you more Pebbles for the money?

Ko tëhea te mea pai ake te uara [value] mö te moni?
He äwhina: Ko tëhea te pouaka maha ake ngä Pebbles mö te moni?

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Why is that box better value for money?
He aha i pai ake ai taua pouaka mö te uara moni?

How do you know that?
He aha koe i möhio ai?

Place the 20g box of Pebbles in front of the student.
This box costs 30 cents. Which is the better buy —this 20g box or this 100g?

Whakatakotongia te pouaka Pebbles 20 karama ki mua i te äkonga.
E 30 hëneti te utu o te pouaka. Ko tëhea te pouaka pai ake te hoko – ko te pouaka e 20 karama, ko te pouaka 100 karama ränei?

Point to the 20g box.
If I wanted 100g of Pebbles, how many of these boxes would I need?

E tohu ki te pouaka e 20 karama.
5. Mënä ka pïrangi au ki te 100 karama Pebbles, e hia ngä pouaka pënei ka hiahiatia e au?

How did you work that out?

Näu i aha, kia möhio ai koe?

Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings and students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.