WS02 - Fundraiser

Use this work sample to assess students' knowledge and skills to use mathematical modelling to model the costs of a fundraising event.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Assessment advice, Assessment task
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Feedback
Keywords	categorical, discrete numerical variables, graphical representations, interpretation of data, mathematical modelling
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Statistics
Topics	Operating with number, Data representation and interpretation, Mathematical modelling, Statistical investigations
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M6N04 Apply knowledge of place value to add and subtract decimals, using digital tools where appropriate; use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers AC9M6N07 Solve problems that require finding a familiar fraction, decimal or percentage of a quantity, including percentage discounts, choosing efficient calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate AC9M6N08 Approximate numerical solutions to problems involving rational numbers and percentages, including financial contexts, using appropriate estimation strategies AC9M6N09 Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems, involving rational numbers and percentages, including in financial contexts; formulate the problems, choosing operations and efficient calculation strategies, and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation, justifying the choices made AC9M6ST01 Interpret and compare data sets for ordinal and nominal categorical, discrete and continuous numerical variables using comparative displays or visualisations and digital tools; compare distributions in terms of mode, range and shape AC9M6ST03 Plan and conduct statistical investigations by posing and refining questions or identifying a problem and collecting relevant data; analyse and interpret the data and communicate findings within the context of the investigation
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P9) Interpreting and representing data (P5) Multiplicative strategies (P8) Understanding money (P8)
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