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What is the main purpose of a persuasive text?
To convince an audience to agree with an opinion or take action.
What is 50% of 60?
30
What is the difference between a need and a want?
A need is something essential for living, health or safety. A want is something we would like but can live without.
Classify each as a solid, liquid or gas: a rock, milk and air.
Rock: solid. Milk: liquid. Air: gas.
How many sides does a hexagon have?
Six
What are the three main sections of a persuasive text?
Introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion.
What is ¾ of 80?
60 — divide 80 by 4, then multiply by 3.
A school can buy safe drinking-water taps or a decorative fountain. Which should it prioritise as a need, and why?
Safe drinking-water taps, because students need access to clean drinking water to stay healthy.
What are the three main parts of a narrative? Explain what happens in each part.
Orientation: introduces characters and setting. Complication: introduces a problem. Resolution: shows how the problem is resolved.
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What persuasive device is used in this sentence: “Would you like to play in a playground full of rubbish?”
A rhetorical question.
What is 0.6 of 150?
90
A school creates a vegetable garden. Classify these resources as natural, human or capital: soil, gardener and shovel.
Soil: natural. Gardener: human. Shovel: capital.
Calculate 3/10 + 2/10 and simplify.
5/10 which is 1/2
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Identify two persuasive devices in: “We must protect our oceans. We must protect our wildlife. We must protect our future.”
Repetition (“We must protect”) and high modality (“must”). Also accept inclusive language (“we/our”).
Estimate 49% of 182 using a familiar percentage and a nearby friendly number. Explain your estimate.
About 90 — 49% is close to 50%, and 182 is close to 180. Half of 180 is 90. Also accept 91 with a clear explanation.
A school is considering a new parent pick-up area. Name two stakeholder groups and explain how each could be affected.
Example: Parents could have a safer place to collect children. Local residents could experience fewer blocked driveways. Also accept students, staff, neighbours or police with a suitable explanation.
A town is built beside a river. Explain one way the river influences how people live and one way people can affect the river.
Example: The river provides water for farming. Fertiliser or rubbish from the town can enter and pollute the river. Accept other reasonable examples.
What is the name of the process plants use to make food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis
Improve this argument by adding a reason and a rhetorical question: “Our school should reduce single-use plastic.”
Example: “Our school should reduce single-use plastic because discarded packaging can harm wildlife. Why use something once when we could choose a reusable alternative?”
A backpack costs $80 and is reduced by 30%. What is the discount, and what is the final sale price?
Discount: $24. Sale price: $56.
A school has limited money. It must choose between repairing unsafe playground equipment and adding a new climbing wall. Which should it prioritise? Explain using needs and wants, and identify one resource cost and one benefit.
Prioritise repairing unsafe equipment, because safety is a need and a new climbing wall is a want. Cost: workers’ time (human resources) or replacement equipment (capital resources). Benefit: students can play more safely.
You have 1.2 meters of rope, you cut off 1000mm. How many cm's of rope are left?
120cm - 100cm = 20 cm
Which continent lies in all four hemispheres: Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western?
Africa