Ethan Moodley
6 of 12 skills mastered, needs help with Word problems with money and measuring.
Plays as Themba Sunfeather · hero level 16 · last played Friday 13 March · 5 days in a row
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The skills where Ethan got fewer than half right, or dropped a level twice, over the last 10 school days.
Word problems with money and measuring
Term 1, weeks 6 to 9The wrong answers and how to reteach
The game showed: Change is what is left. Take R90 away from R200.
Two steps: buy two things and get change; two distances; the starting value
| When | Question | Answered | Right answer | The mistake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 17:03 | The price of binoculars drops by R250. / Now they cost R1 080. / What was the price before? | R830 | R1 330 | Works the story the wrong way round |
| 9 March 17:43 | The price of a bicycle drops by R180. / Now it costs R2 430. / What was the price before? | R2 609 | R2 610 | A slip: no known pattern |
| 9 March 10:14 | The price of a bicycle goes up by R290. / Now it costs R2 675. / What was the price before? | R2 965 | R2 385 | Works the story the wrong way round |
| 9 March 10:13 | Siphokazi has R500. / She buys a water bottle for R45 and a backpack for R265. / How much money is left? | R235 | R190 | Takes away only one of the prices |
| 7 March 13:40 | Anri buys a hat for R90. / She pays with a R200 note. / How much change does she get? | R290 | R110 | Adds when the story takes away |
| 6 March 19:31 | Priya is saving R2 650 for a bicycle. / She has saved R1 637. / How much more does she need? | R4 287 | R1 013 | Adds when the story takes away |
Skills
The 12 skills of Term 1: the level today, and how it climbed week by week. Open a skill for what its level means and the curriculum it covers.
Numbers, operations and relationships
Counting in stepsWorking on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: Count in 3s; count back across a hundred or a thousand; the missing number in the middle
4 hints used this term.
CAPS: Count forwards and backwards in 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s, 25s, 50s, 100s between 0 and at least 10 000
Comparing and ordering numbersWorking on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: The biggest or smallest of four; the sign <, > or =; the number halfway between
2 hints used this term.
CAPS: Order, compare and represent numbers to at least 4-digit numbers · Cambridge 4Np.04
Place valueMastered on 9 March
CAPS: Recognise the place value of digits in whole numbers to at least 4-digit numbers · Cambridge 4Np.01, 4Np.03
Rounding offMastered on 2 March
2 hints used this term.
CAPS: Round off to the nearest 10, 100 and 1 000 · Cambridge 4Np.05
Odd and even numbersWorking on it · skill level 2
Skill level 2: Which of four 3-digit numbers is even (or odd)
CAPS: Represent odd and even numbers to at least 1 000
Times tablesMastered on 3 March
2 hints used this term.
CAPS: Multiply 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 to at least 100 (Grade 3); tables to 10 × 10; units by multiples of 10 and 100 · Cambridge 4Ni.04
Division factsMastered on 8 February
2 hints used this term.
CAPS: Divide numbers to 100 by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 (Grade 3); multiplication and division as inverse operations
Doubling and halvingWorking on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: Any 3-digit number; 4-digit multiples of 100
2 hints used this term.
CAPS: Doubling and halving (mental mathematics; Term 2 pre-knowledge)
Adding and taking awayMastered on 3 March
1 hint used this term.
CAPS: Addition and subtraction of whole numbers of at least four digits; estimation, building up and breaking down, rounding off and compensating, inverse operations
Word problems with money and measuringNeeds help · skill level 3
Skill level 3: Two steps: buy two things and get change; two distances; the starting value
CAPS: Solve problems in contexts involving whole numbers, including financial and measurement contexts
Patterns, functions and algebra
Number sentencesWorking on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: Which number sentence fits the story; true or false: check the answer
4 hints used this term.
CAPS: Write number sentences to describe problem situations; solve and complete them by inspection, trial and improvement, checking by substitution · Cambridge 4Nc.03
Number rules (any order, grouping, zero)Mastered on 10 March
1 hint used this term.
CAPS: Recognise and use the commutative, associative and distributive properties with whole numbers; 0 in terms of its additive property
Progress over the term
See the numbers
| Week | Questions | Right answers | Right | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 23 | 17 | 74 % | 3 % |
| Week 2 | 39 | 25 | 64 % | 17 % |
| Week 3 | 28 | 18 | 64 % | 14 % |
| Week 4 | 61 | 42 | 69 % | 39 % |
| Week 5 | 63 | 39 | 62 % | 36 % |
| Week 6 | 31 | 23 | 74 % | 42 % |
| Week 7 | 54 | 37 | 69 % | 53 % |
| Week 8 | 64 | 48 | 75 % | 64 % |
| Week 9 | 71 | 53 | 75 % | 81 % |
| Week | Questions | Right answers | Right | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 23 | 17 | 74 % | 3 % |
| Week 2 | 39 | 25 | 64 % | 17 % |
| Week 3 | 28 | 18 | 64 % | 14 % |
| Week 4 | 61 | 42 | 69 % | 39 % |
| Week 5 | 63 | 39 | 62 % | 36 % |
| Week 6 | 31 | 23 | 74 % | 42 % |
| Week 7 | 54 | 37 | 69 % | 53 % |
| Week 8 | 64 | 48 | 75 % | 64 % |
| Week 9 | 71 | 53 | 75 % | 81 % |
Days played
A dot is a day with play; a bigger dot is more questions.
37 days and 46 sessions this term: 32 at school, 14 at home.
See the numbers
| Day | Where | Time | Questions | Right answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 13 March, 09:56 | School | 8 min | 8 | 4 |
| Thursday 12 March, 09:55 | School | 9 min | 9 | 7 |
| Wednesday 11 March, 17:00 | Home | 11 min | 11 | 9 |
| Tuesday 10 March, 17:17 | Home | 10 min | 9 | 8 |
| Tuesday 10 March, 10:02 | School | 7 min | 6 | 5 |
| Monday 9 March, 17:32 | Home | 20 min | 19 | 13 |
| Monday 9 March, 10:09 | School | 11 min | 9 | 7 |
| Saturday 7 March, 13:26 | Home | 15 min | 14 | 9 |
| Friday 6 March, 19:25 | Home | 10 min | 9 | 8 |
| Friday 6 March, 10:01 | School | 7 min | 7 | 6 |
The last 10 sessions. School or home is read from the time of day; the game itself never splits them. This term: 434 questions, 70 % right, 10 h 22 min played, about 10 s on a question, 20 hints.
Mistakes this term
The three most common, across every skill.