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Year 7: justify a method, not just a choice

Move beyond recognising a familiar question. Work out which quantity is required, how far evidence supports a conclusion and which noun controls a verb.

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Read: The repair session

A community centre offered one repair session for small household items. Of the fifteen people who attended, twelve said they would return. The organiser called the response encouraging but suggested running more sessions before changing the monthly programme. Those who attended had chosen to take part.

You can reread this original passage while answering.

What to notice

A discount produces two quantities: the saving and the amount still payable. A positive survey response can be encouraging without representing everyone. A nearby plural noun may not be the subject of a sentence.

What to do

Write a short reason before selecting an answer. In numeracy, label intermediate values. In reading, distinguish an observation from a broader claim. In grammar, find the main subject rather than choosing the closest noun.

Why it works

These habits make reasoning inspectable. You can check whether the result answers the question and whether a conclusion stays within the evidence, instead of relying on an option that merely sounds plausible.

Work through an example

A $60 bag has a 10% discount. What is the sale price?

  1. 10% is one tenth, so the saving is $6.
  2. Subtract the saving from the original price: $60 − $6 = $54.
  3. The sale price should be below $60; $6 is only the saving.

A common mistake

Treating a small group as representative of an entire community goes beyond the information given. Consider both the number of responses and how people entered the group.

A strategy to try

Check one boundary: what does your answer actually establish, and what remains unknown? This is useful for both a numerical result and an interpretation of a passage.

Try it now

Try three questions

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Year 7 · Numeracy

1. A $45 jacket is discounted by 20%. What is the sale price?
Help: a starting point

20% is one fifth of the original price. Find the saving first.

Help: the next step

The sale price is the original price minus that saving.

Year 7 · Reading

2. Why is it reasonable to run more sessions before changing the programme?
Help: a starting point

Look at how many people attended and how they joined the session.

Help: the next step

Consider whether those attendees necessarily represent everyone in the community.

Year 7 · Conventions of Language

3. The box of old maps ___ on the desk now.
Help: a starting point

Find the main noun that the sentence describes.

Help: the next step

Temporarily remove of old maps and read the remaining sentence.

For parents and carers

The sample covers percentages, cautious interpretation and subject–verb agreement. Encourage a brief written justification and use the feedback to discuss the method. If fractions make percentages difficult, revisit equivalent fractions before repeating discounts. Full timed simulator practice is available separately, but working through a misunderstanding without a timer can be a better next step.

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