Tumelo Sithole
6 of 12 skills mastered, needs help with Word problems with money and measuring.
Plays as Sipho Swiftrunner · hero level 15 · last played Friday 13 March · 2 days in a row
Jackal pup
ImpalaNeeds help1 skill
The skills where Tumelo 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 water goes down, so take away.
One step, to 1 000 with no carrying: a sum; a price or amount that goes up or down. First check Adding and taking away.
| When | Question | Answered | Right answer | The mistake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 10:11 | A torch costs R110. / The price goes up by R165. / What does the torch cost now? | R276 | R275 | A slip: no known pattern |
| 10 March 10:00 | A pair of boots costs R350. / The price goes up by R10. / What does the pair of boots cost now? | R340 | R360 | Takes away when the story adds |
| 10 March 09:57 | A torch costs R110. / The price goes up by R165. / What does the torch cost now? | R274 | R275 | A slip: no known pattern |
| 10 March 09:55 | The water tank holds 550 litres. / The animals drink 340 litres. / How much water is left? | 890 litres | 210 litres | Adds when the story takes away |
| 9 March 10:19 | Mama Zodwa sells 338 mangoes on Monday. / She sells 351 mangoes on Tuesday. / How many mangoes does she sell altogether? | 699 | 689 | A slip: no known pattern |
| 9 March 10:16 | Siphokazi counts 352 impala at the waterhole. / Then she counts 211 more. / How many impala did she count altogether? | 141 | 563 | Takes away when the story adds |
| 9 March 10:15 | A torch costs R120. / The price goes up by R20. / What does the torch cost now? | R100 | R140 | Takes away when the story adds |
| 9 March 10:13 | A ranger shirt costs R185. / The price drops by R150. / What does the shirt cost now? | R335 | R35 | 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 2
Skill level 2: Count on or back in 2s, 5s, 25s and 50s, not always from a multiple
5 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
3 hints used this term.
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
4 hints 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 offMastered on 3 March
1 hint used this term.
CAPS: Round off to the nearest 10, 100 and 1 000 · Cambridge 4Np.05
Odd and even numbersMastered on 7 March
3 hints used this term.
CAPS: Represent odd and even numbers to at least 1 000
Times tablesMastered on 2 March
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 7 March
1 hint 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 halvingMastered on 2 March
3 hints used this term.
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
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 1
Skill level 1: One step, to 1 000 with no carrying: a sum; a price or amount that goes up or down
6 hints used this term.
CAPS: Solve problems in contexts involving whole numbers, including financial and measurement contexts
Patterns, functions and algebra
Number sentencesWorking on it · skill level 1
Skill level 1: The missing number in + and − within 100; bonds of 10; take away the same
5 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 18 February
2 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 | 18 | 15 | 83 % | 6 % |
| Week 2 | 29 | 20 | 69 % | 19 % |
| Week 3 | 65 | 41 | 63 % | 22 % |
| Week 4 | 46 | 37 | 80 % | 39 % |
| Week 5 | 49 | 33 | 67 % | 42 % |
| Week 6 | 61 | 40 | 66 % | 50 % |
| Week 7 | 31 | 17 | 55 % | 47 % |
| Week 8 | 70 | 50 | 71 % | 67 % |
| Week 9 | 28 | 15 | 54 % | 67 % |
| Week | Questions | Right answers | Right | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 18 | 15 | 83 % | 6 % |
| Week 2 | 29 | 20 | 69 % | 19 % |
| Week 3 | 65 | 41 | 63 % | 22 % |
| Week 4 | 46 | 37 | 80 % | 39 % |
| Week 5 | 49 | 33 | 67 % | 42 % |
| Week 6 | 61 | 40 | 66 % | 50 % |
| Week 7 | 31 | 17 | 55 % | 47 % |
| Week 8 | 70 | 50 | 71 % | 67 % |
| Week 9 | 28 | 15 | 54 % | 67 % |
Days played
A dot is a day with play; a bigger dot is more questions.
39 days and 42 sessions this term: 34 at school, 8 at home.
See the numbers
| Day | Where | Time | Questions | Right answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 13 March, 10:11 | School | 6 min | 6 | 4 |
| Thursday 12 March, 10:07 | School | 7 min | 6 | 4 |
| Tuesday 10 March, 09:55 | School | 8 min | 8 | 4 |
| Monday 9 March, 10:10 | School | 9 min | 8 | 3 |
| Saturday 7 March, 11:41 | Home | 19 min | 18 | 13 |
| Friday 6 March, 10:08 | School | 8 min | 8 | 7 |
| Thursday 5 March, 10:01 | School | 7 min | 7 | 5 |
| Wednesday 4 March, 18:27 | Home | 23 min | 21 | 13 |
| Tuesday 3 March, 10:06 | School | 8 min | 8 | 6 |
| Monday 2 March, 09:57 | School | 8 min | 8 | 6 |
The last 10 sessions. School or home is read from the time of day; the game itself never splits them. This term: 397 questions, 68 % right, 9 h 30 min played, about 10 s on a question, 35 hints.
Mistakes this term
The three most common, across every skill.