Thursday, August 16, 2012

Kowhai Year 5/6


Tamati bought a new car. He had saved 65% of the cost of the car.
His Gran lent him 10% and he borrowed the remainder. The car cost $3000.

What percentage did he borrow?
How much cash had he saved?
How much did his Gran lend him?

What colour was the car? 

Kowhai - Year 3/4


There are 87 cars in a car park. During the day three drive away,
and seven more arrive.
How many cars at the end of the day?

Kowhai - Year 1


If Mr Fletcher had 7 bananas and Mrs V ate 2, how many would he have left?

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

By Karaka Syndicate - Year 5-6


Zarin and Caleb have agreed to work for their mum’s over the holidays.  They
will get paid differently though.  Zarin will get $10 for the first day he
works and two more dollars for every day he works after that.  Caleb on the
other hand will get $1 for the first day he works but for each day he works
from then on his pay will be doubled.  Who would you rather be and why?

By Karaka Syndicate - Year 3-4

The Karaka Whanau group has 5 classes. Each class has 25 students in it. How many students does the Karaka Whanau have altogether?

By Karaka Syndicate - Year 2

Johnny has 16 jellybeans. He needs to share 16 jellybeans between 4 children. How many jellybeans would each child get?

By Karaka Syndicate - Year 0-1

There are 4 cars in the carpark. How many wheels are there altogether?

Monday, August 13, 2012

Kauri Syndicate - Yr 5/6

There were 55 students that were going to visit the library. Each person had to walk 2.5km to get there. How many kilometers did they walk altogether.

Kauri Syndicate - Yr 3/4



If every country competing in the Olympics won one of each medal. How many medals would there be?

Kauri Syndicate - Yr 1/2

NE/Year 1

Luisa has a bucket full of apples. Pita has a bucket full of strawberries. Who has more fruits?


Friday, August 10, 2012

Posted by: Rimu Syndicate

Year 0-1

John has 10 apples and he gets four more apples. How many apples does he have now?


Year 2

There are 21 children in a class. 5 children were away on Monday. How many children were at school on Monday?

Year 3-4

Peter had 18 oranges and 34 apples. how much fruit has he got altogether?

Year 5-6

Shahil has 7 chocolate bars and he shared them between 8 of his friends. How much did each friend get?

Maths Week

What's on for this year's Maths Week.

It is Maths Week next week. New and exciting things happening throughout the week. Lots of exciting things has been organised. Get blogging everyday. Movie competitions, lunchtime bingo, grand estimations, Mathex and many more things happening. So keep on watching this space.......