Mia Fourie
3 of 12 skills mastered, needs help with Word problems with money and measuring.
Plays as Mia Goldsong · hero level 15 · last played Friday 13 March · 2 days in a row
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ImpalaNeeds help1 skill
The skills where Mia 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: The price was lower before. Take R290 away.
Two steps: buy two things and get change; two distances; the starting value
| When | Question | Answered | Right answer | The mistake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 10:13 | Siphokazi has R500. / She buys a water bottle for R45 and a backpack for R265. / How much money is left? | R310 | R190 | Stops after the first step of a two-step problem |
| 9 March 10:12 | Kaya runs 2 270 m and then 1 287 m. / Thandi runs 1 485 m. / How much further did Kaya run? | 2 082m | 2 072 m | A slip: no known pattern |
| 9 March 10:06 | Naledi buys a torch for R110 and a water bottle for R35. / She pays with R500. / How much change does she get? | R465 | R355 | Takes away only one of the prices |
| 5 March 10:04 | 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 |
| 4 March 19:06 | The price of binoculars goes up by R360. / Now they cost R1 720. / What was the price before? | R1 460 | R1 360 | A slip: no known pattern |
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 2
Skill level 2: Count on or back in 2s, 5s, 25s and 50s, not always from a multiple
CAPS: Count forwards and backwards in 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s, 25s, 50s, 100s between 0 and at least 10 000
Comparing and ordering numbersMastered on 23 February
CAPS: Order, compare and represent numbers to at least 4-digit numbers · Cambridge 4Np.04
Place valueWorking on it · skill level 2
Skill level 2: 4-digit numbers: the value of a digit; the number from its expanded notation
1 hint used this term.
CAPS: Recognise the place value of digits in whole numbers to at least 4-digit numbers · Cambridge 4Np.01, 4Np.03
Rounding offWorking on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: Round off to the nearest 1 000, with the tricky ones (6 499, 4 500, 9 870)
CAPS: Round off to the nearest 10, 100 and 1 000 · Cambridge 4Np.05
Odd and even numbersWorking on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: 4-digit numbers; the next odd or even number
CAPS: Represent odd and even numbers to at least 1 000
Times tablesWorking on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: The missing factor; units times multiples of 10 and 100 (4 × 30)
1 hint 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 12 March
3 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 2
Skill level 2: Double and halve multiples of 10 to 1 000
CAPS: Doubling and halving (mental mathematics; Term 2 pre-knowledge)
Adding and taking awayWorking on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: Taking away across zeros (5 003 − 2 648); estimate first by rounding off
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
2 hints used this term.
CAPS: Solve problems in contexts involving whole numbers, including financial and measurement contexts
Patterns, functions and algebra
Number sentencesMastered on 17 February
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)Working on it · skill level 3
Skill level 3: Breaking up a number to multiply; true or false
3 hints 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 | 25 | 17 | 68 % | 6 % |
| Week 2 | 49 | 36 | 73 % | 22 % |
| Week 3 | 41 | 27 | 66 % | 25 % |
| Week 4 | 54 | 43 | 80 % | 44 % |
| Week 5 | 66 | 45 | 68 % | 36 % |
| Week 6 | 31 | 20 | 65 % | 44 % |
| Week 7 | 48 | 34 | 71 % | 50 % |
| Week 8 | 37 | 28 | 76 % | 64 % |
| Week 9 | 29 | 20 | 69 % | 67 % |
| Week | Questions | Right answers | Right | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 25 | 17 | 68 % | 6 % |
| Week 2 | 49 | 36 | 73 % | 22 % |
| Week 3 | 41 | 27 | 66 % | 25 % |
| Week 4 | 54 | 43 | 80 % | 44 % |
| Week 5 | 66 | 45 | 68 % | 36 % |
| Week 6 | 31 | 20 | 65 % | 44 % |
| Week 7 | 48 | 34 | 71 % | 50 % |
| Week 8 | 37 | 28 | 76 % | 64 % |
| Week 9 | 29 | 20 | 69 % | 67 % |
Days played
A dot is a day with play; a bigger dot is more questions.
38 days and 43 sessions this term: 33 at school, 10 at home.
See the numbers
| Day | Where | Time | Questions | Right answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 13 March, 10:08 | School | 8 min | 8 | 7 |
| Thursday 12 March, 09:59 | School | 8 min | 7 | 3 |
| Tuesday 10 March, 10:11 | School | 6 min | 6 | 5 |
| Monday 9 March, 10:06 | School | 9 min | 8 | 5 |
| Friday 6 March, 10:04 | School | 7 min | 7 | 6 |
| Thursday 5 March, 09:56 | School | 10 min | 9 | 5 |
| Wednesday 4 March, 19:00 | Home | 13 min | 12 | 10 |
| Monday 2 March, 10:01 | School | 11 min | 9 | 7 |
| Friday 27 February, 10:05 | School | 8 min | 8 | 5 |
| Thursday 26 February, 10:03 | School | 7 min | 7 | 7 |
The last 10 sessions. School or home is read from the time of day; the game itself never splits them. This term: 380 questions, 71 % right, 9 h 05 min played, about 10 s on a question, 10 hints.
Mistakes this term
The three most common, across every skill.