EXAMPLE QUESTIONS OF TERM 3 PROJECT

GRADE 4-7

TOPICS DONE DURING YEAR WHICH COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT:

TOPICS OF TERM 1, 2 AND TERM 3

GRADE 4 – Minimum: 25 marks GRADE 5 - Minimum: 25 marks GRADE 6 - Minimum: 25 marks GRADE 7 - Minimum: 50 marks
• Whole numbers • Whole numbers • Whole numbers • Whole numbers
• Number sentences • Common fractions • Common fractions • Exponents
• Numeric & Geometric patterns • Number sentences • Decimal fractions • Integers
• Numeric & Geometric patterns • Number sentences • Common fractions
• Numeric & Geometric patterns • Decimal fractions
• Properties of 2D shapes • Numeric & Geometric patterns
• Transformations • Functions and relationships
• Length • Algebraic expressions
• Area, perimeter & volume
PROJECTS:
Remember: Through projects, learners are able to demonstrate their understanding of different Mathematics concepts and apply them in real-life
situations.

The theme of all the grades for this exercise are the same. To do it like this it is easier to make sure that the levels of questions are not the same.
The theme for these examples will be: A day at the beach.
Here are a few other topics that can be used in your school. Be creative and build around these topics, combine some of them or create your
own one.
Each grade can have a different theme.
• At the Zoo
• Our schools sport day / fete
• Lost on an island – treasure island
• Music festival
• Ice-cream stand
• Mixing cool drink
• Beach games

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 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS OF TERM 3 PROJECT
GRADE 4-7

A day at the beach.

Finally! The day has arrived for our family to go to the beach. The
whole family went to the shop to purchase everything that we are
going to need for our outing.

We took part in different activities, ate some refreshments and just

enjoyed the water, sand and sun. At five o’clock that evening we
all packed up our belongings and put them back into our car. As I
sat in the back seat of the car, I looked out of the window to have a
quick look at the clear blue seawater one last time.

During the day the family had to make different calculations. You must help them to get the
answers.

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 4: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area
The number of people on the beach rounded to the nearest 100 is 4 500.
• Rounding off to the Which number could be the correct number of people on the beach?
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nearest 100. 5 000 ; 4 000 ; 4 550 ; 4 490

The lighthouse keeper painted stripes on the outside of this

Numbers,
Whole lighthouse. Red paint costs R 18 per stripe and the white paint costs R 14 per
Operations & • Calculations using whole
numbers stripe. What was the total cost to paint the lighthouse?
Relationships numbers.
2 • Solve problems involving
whole numbers .

With each stripe going up on the lighthouse, the number doubles.

What is the number of the bottom stripe?

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• Calculations using whole

Numbers,
Whole numbers.
Operations &
numbers • Solve problems involving
Relationships There are 462 boats in the harbour. Each boat has a crew of six sailors. If every crew member
4 whole numbers. needs a life jacket, how many lifejackets are needed altogether?
5 There are 197 boats in the harbour, if 26 boats set sail, how many boats are left?
Peter buys a hamburger and chips for R 78. If he pays with a R 100 note, how much change will
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he be given?
There are 135 people swimming in the sea, 260 people splashing in the waves and 107 people
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rowing in kayaks. How many people are in the water altogether?

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 4: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area
The children built sandcastles. If the sequence below continues, how many flags will there be in
pattern 10?
• Investigate and extend
patterns.
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• Determine input values,
output values.
Patterns, Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3
Geometric
Functions &
patterns
Algebra This pattern of fish is painted on the wall.
What fish will be in the 57th place in the sequence?
• Investigate and extend
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patterns

How many different ways can you arrange the three boys next to one another for a photo?

Numbers,
Whole
10 Operations & • Problem solving
numbers
Relationships

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 5: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area
A group of people arrived in three busses. There were 69 passengers in each bus. How many
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• Calculations using whole people came by bus?
Whole numbers. There were 207 boats in the harbour. Each boat had 12 sails. How many sails were there in
2
numbers • Solve problems involving total?
whole numbers. Peter hired an umbrella for 4 hours and had to pay R 5 per half an hour. What was the total
3
cost for hiring the umbrella?
What fraction of the umbrella is white?
Numbers,
Operations &
4 Relationships • Represent fractions
Common
fractions

• Finding fractions of whole There are 405 people on the beach. One fifth of them are wearing hats. How many have a hat?
5
numbers
• Solve problems in contexts 3
Milly collected 300 shells. 8 are small shells. How many are big shells?
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involving common fractions
What will the number in the next fish be?
Numeric • Investigate and extend 3 6 10 15 ?
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patterns patterns

Patterns,
Look at the sequence of the footprints in the sand: Step - Step – Step – Jump : Step - Step –
Functions &
Step – Jump : Step - Step – Step – Jump :
Algebra • Investigate patterns,
Geometric Determine input values,
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patterns output values
Set 1 set 2 set 3

How many footprints will there be after 10 sets of steps?

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 5: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area
In how many different ways can you place the three shells on the 4 squares?
Only one shell per square and all three shells must be used every time.

Numbers,
Whole
10 Operations & • Problem solving
numbers
Relationships

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 6: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area
How much money will you save if you hire an umbrella and a chair separately?

• Calculations using whole HIRE

numbers.
1 Whole numbers • Solve problems involving Umbrella R 25
whole numbers. Chair R 20
Umbrella & chair R 60

3
There were 1 600 people at the beach. 8 of them were adults. How many adults were on the
2
• Calculations with beach?
Common fractions What fraction of this beach towel is blue?
fractions • Solve problems in
3 Numbers,
contexts
Operations &
Relationships
Place the height of the umbrellas in descending order.

• Calculations with
decimal fractions
Decimal • Solve problems in
4
fractions context involving
decimal fractions

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 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS OF TERM 3 PROJECT
GRADE 4-7
GRADE 6: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area
What is the difference in height of the two waves?

• Calculations with
decimal fractions.
Numbers,
Decimal • Solve problems in 2,3 m
5 Operations &
fractions context involving
Relationships 1,7 m
decimal fractions.

Beach balls are stacked in a sequence as shown below.

• Investigate and extend

Geometric
6 patterns
patterns

Patterns, Stack 1 Stack 2 Stack 3

Functions &
Algebra If the sequence continues, how many balls will there be in stack 8?
The number of increasing fish on a fish farm is indicated below.
How many fish will there be in the 20th month?
• Determine input values,
Numeric
7 output values and rules Number of
patterns 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
for the patterns months
Number of
100 120 140 160
fish

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 6: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area

How many differences can you see between the two pictures?

Properties of 2D
8 • Symmetry
shapes

Space & shape

What will the length of the surfboard be if it is enlarged by factor 2?

Answer in number of blocks.
Properties of 3D • Enlargement and
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objects reductions

Some boys played a game called Rounders on the

beach.

Here are the distances used to play the game.

• Solve problems in What is the total distance from the batting square to
10 Measurement Length
contexts post 4 if you touch each post 1 – 4?

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 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS OF TERM 3 PROJECT
GRADE 4-7

GRADE 6: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area
The tape measure below is measuring centimetres. What is the total length of this fish in cm?
• Estimating, measuring,
recording, comparing
and ordering length.
• Solve problems in
11 Measurement Length contexts
• Conversions limited to
whole numbers and
common fractions.

This pirate map was mounted

against the wall in the shop.

Each square represents 1

square kilometre.

What is the perimeter around

the map?
Area,
• Measure perimeter
12 Measurement Perimeter &
Volume

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 6: A day at the beach

Item Curriculum
Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number area
13 • Measurement of area Refer to the map in the question above. What is the total area indicated on the map in km2?
The one family had their own ice blocks for their cool drinks. How many ice blocks did they
bring if both trays were full?
Area,
Measurement Perimeter & • Measurement of volume
14 Volume

Six people, A, B, C, D, E, and F, are lining up to buy ice cream.

F is after A and before D and he is also between B and C. B is the first in the line and E is the
Numbers, last in the line. In what position is F?
15 Operations & Whole numbers • Problem solving
Relationships

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 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS OF TERM 3 PROJECT
GRADE 4-7

GRADE 7: A day at the beach

Item
Curriculum area Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number
• Solve problems involving The father of a family decided to divide R 240 between David and Sally in the ratio 3 : 5.
1 Whole numbers whole numbers: rate & This means Sally gets R 5 for every R 3 David gets. How much money will David and Sally
ratio each get in total?
David gets R 50 pocket money per month. Because they are going to the sea for holiday,
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his father gave him an increase of 12% per month. What is his new monthly amount?
• Calculations with
The steps from the parking area to the water are shown below. What fraction is painted
fractions.
blue? Write your answer in the simplest form.
• Solve problems in
contexts involving
Common common fractions and
fractions mixed numbers,
3
including grouping,
sharing and finding
fractions of whole
Numbers,
numbers.
Operations &
Relationships
At the beginning of the journey the odometer in the car reads 21 589,40 km. At the end of
4 the journey the odometer reads 21 763,7 km. What distance was travelled to the beach?

In a surfing competition, five judges give each contestant a mark out of 10. Use the highest
• Calculations with score of each contestant A, B, C and D, and place the contestants in order from first to last.
decimal fractions.
Decimal
• Solve problems in
fractions
context involving A: 7,5 8 7 8,5 7,7 B: 8,5 8,5 9,1 8,9 8,7
5
decimal fractions.
C: 7,9 8,1 8,1 7,8 7,8 D: 8,9 8,7 9 9,3 9,1

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 7: A day at the beach

Item
Curriculum area Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number
Look at the picture below. Remember, when something is below sea level we use a
negative integer.
If you were to draw a vertical number line to model elevation:

• Calculations with 4m
6 integers.
• Solve problems in
Integers
contexts involving 5m
Numbers, addition and subtraction
Operations & with integers
Relationships Write an integer to represent the elevation of the fish.
Write an integer to represent the elevation of the tree.
Write an integer to represent the boat.
What is the difference in the elevation of the tree and the boat?
The temperature on the sand is 32 °C. The temperature of the seawater is 14 °C. What is
7 the difference in the temperatures?

Father said that the child who can solve the following will get an ice cream.
8 • Solve problems in 3
Calculate: 2 + √8 + 25 − 23
contexts involving
Exponents
numbers in exponential Both children got the answer to Question 8, so Father gave them another one to solve.
9 form. Calculate: (15 − √25)3

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 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS OF TERM 3 PROJECT
GRADE 4-7

GRADE 7: A day at the beach

Item
Curriculum area Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number
Five surfboards are put in the sand as shown below. The first four are numbered in a
sequence. What will the number of the last one be if the sequence continues?

Patterns,
Numeric • Investigate and extend
10 Functions &
Patterns patterns
Algebra
1
4 9 16
Octopuses have six arms and two legs. What are the hidden numbers under the
octopuses?
• Determine input values, Number of 1 2 3 20 100
output values or rules octopuses
Numeric
11 for patterns and Number of legs 2 4 6 8 200
Patterns
relationships using
tables
Number of arms 6 12 18 24 120
Patterns,
Functions & Mary made a pattern with the round shells she picked up.
Algebra

• Determine input values,

Geometric output values or rules
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Patterns for patterns and
relationships

How many shells will there be in figure 10 if the sequence continues?

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GRADE 4-7

GRADE 7: A day at the beach

Item
Curriculum area Topic Concept/Skill Possible questions
number
Some people came to the beach by bus. Three bus companies placed the following
advertisements in a newspaper:
Company 1 Company 2 Company 3
R 450 per trip plus 60c R500 per trip plus 50c R480 per trip plus 55c
per km. per km per km.
Which of the formulae below can be used to calculate the fare for a journey with company
• Recognize and interpret 1?
Patterns, rules or relationships Which of the formulae below can be used to calculate the fare for a journey with company
Algebraic 2?
13 Functions & represented in symbolic
expressions Which of the formulae below can be used to calculate the fare for a journey with company
Algebra form
3?
A. Fare = 0,50 × distance + 500
B. Fare = 50 × distance + 500
C. Fare = 0,60 × distance + 450
D. Fare = 60 × distance + 450
E. Fare = 55 × distance + 480
F. Fare = 0,55 × distance + 480

Write an equation using a letter symbol as a placeholder for the unknown number to
• Recognize and interpret describe the problem in each of the situations below.
rules or relationships
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Patterns, represented in symbolic Bennie has R 54 with which to buy cool drinks for his friends. Each cool drink costs R 6.
Algebraic form How many cool drinks can he buy for that amount?
Functions &
expressions Let x be the number of cool drinks that Bennie can buy.
Algebra
Two friends go down a staircase that has 25 steps – from the parking area to the water.
15 • Problem solving They both start on step 1. Mpho goes down two steps at a time and Sean three steps at a
time. They end together on step 25. How many steps were not stepped on at all?

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