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On-line


This page links through to some on-line resources for students. The great advantage of these style resources is that feedback is immediate.

The IXL site is good in that it makes questions progressively harder when students answer correctly, but unfortunately it is written for the US curriculum, so sometimes isn't appropriate for NZ students.
 

Number

Negatives, Factors, Multiples, Decimals, Standard Form




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Number – The Language of Numbers, Integers, Decimals, Standard Form

nz.ixl.com
Numbers: A.1, A.3–A.7
Operations: B.1,B.2, B.4–B.6
Scientific notation

www.thatquiz.org
Concepts – Place value: especially rounding of decimals
Geometry – Number line: include negatives and decimals
Integers – Inequality: include all the operations and negatives
Integers – Factors: include all options on the left
 

Percentages,Fractions, Ratios, Proportion

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Number – Fractions, Percentages, Calculator and Percentages, Ratios, Rates

nz.ixl.com
Ratios and Proportions: C.1–C.7
Percents: D.1–D.10 (D.7 and D.10 being extension)

www.thatquiz.org
Fractions – Simplify: tick all the possible conversion options
Fractions – Inequality: tick all the possible conversion options
Fractions – Arithmetic: include inverted and negatives
 

Measurement

Units, Conversions, Errors

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Measurement – Measurement

nz.ixl.com
Measurement: E.1–E.4 (E.5–E.6 are extension)

www.thatquiz.org
Concepts – Time: all options
Concepts – Measure
 

Perimeter, Area, Volume, Surface Area

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Measurement – Area, Measurement and the Circle, Volume and Surface Area

nz.ixl.com
Geometry: F.1–F.3, F.6, F.7 (F.12, F.15 is extension)

www.thatquiz.org
Geometry – Geometry: but spheres, pyramids, cones and "solve x" are extension
 

Algebra

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Algebra – all Topics (note that some terms used are different)
Algebra Graphs and Quadratics – Quadratic Equations

nz.ixl.com
Variable expressions and equations
Solve equations: J.3–J.9
Single variable inequalities
Exponents: R.8 is extension
Monomials: not T.1
Factoring: V.2, V.3
Rational functions and expressions: extension only

www.thatquiz.org
Integers – Algebra: especially "Solve x", but "Solve y" and "Simplify" as well.
 

Patterns and Graphs

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Algebra Graphs and Quadratics – Linear Functions I and Parabolas
Statistics – Representing Data: Travel Graphs only

nz.ixl.com
Number Sequences: R.2, R.5, R.7
Linear Functions: O.2–O.6, O.12, O.13 (others are extension)

www.thatquiz.org
Geometry – Points: only Cartesian, both plotting and identifying
Integers – Algebra: Slope, Graphing and Formulas but not below "< > ≤ ≥"
 

Shapes and Angles

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Geometry – Geometry Concepts (Lessons 9 and 10, on Bearings, are extension)

nz.ixl.com
Geometry: F.4, F.5, F.9 (F.10 is extension)

www.thatquiz.org
Geometry – Angles: tick all boxes
 

Trigonometry

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Geometry – Pythagoras Theorem
Geometry – Trigonometry: but Lessons 1, 6, 7 and 11 are extension only

nz.ixl.com
Geometry: F.16–F.19

www.thatquiz.org
Geometry – Triangles: "Pythagorean" only
Geometry – Trigonometry: "Law of Sines" and "Law of Cosines" at the bottom only
 

Transformations

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Geometry – Transformations and Solids

nz.ixl.com
Geometry: D.11 (dilation = enlargement)
 

Statistics

While the on-line resources are useful for testing skills, the NZ curriculum increasingly tests meaning. Students need to not only know how to find a mean and median, but what they show about data.

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Statistics – Representing Data: up to Lesson 4 "Pie Graphs"
Statistics – Statistics: up to Lesson 4 "Frequency Distribution Tables" (rest is extn)

nz.ixl.com
Statistics: all
Charts and Graphs: up to L.6 (L.7 is graphing problems and far too hard)

www.thatquiz.org
Integers – Averages: not very challenging
Concepts – Graphs: especially "Box Plot" and "Scatter" and tick all below the bar

 

Probability

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Statistics – Probability: all

nz.ixl.com
Probability: all

www.thatquiz.org
Fractions – Probability: focused and not (they get hard quite quickly)