MOCK EXAM
MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASKS
TASK 26
Carnival Day
Strand: Number
Objective: Students will be asked to solve some constructed response questions
involving addition of fractions with unlike denominators and solve problems in a realworld
context .
Information: It’s Carnival Day at Olympia Primary School. You and your friends are
excited.
Part 1
One of the games is to test your strength. You hit a
button with a hammer and it shoots a metal ball up
toward a bell. Tamara’s ball went 2/3 of the way up,
Marcus’s ball went 3/8 of the way up, and your ball went
1/4 of the way up.
1. What is the difference between the highest and the
lowest hit? How do you know you’re right? Explain
and draw a picture or write an equation.
MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASK 76 CHRISTIE WAINWRIGHT
Perormance Task - Mock Eam - Carnial ay