Figure It Out
This page provides links to the Figure It Out books, sorted by both levels and strand.
About this resource
Figure It Out is a series of mathematics curriculum support books in full colour designed to supplement existing classroom mathematics programmes. The series is an important component of the Literacy and Numeracy strategy that focuses on clarifying the expectations for learners' progress and achievement, and developing teacher professional capability.
Each book is accompanied by Answers and Teachers' Notes. Many of the answers include explanations, and the notes include relevant achievement objectives and numeracy framework links, suggested teaching approaches, and ways to extend the activities.
The series was published on behalf of the Ministry of Education by Learning Media Limited. Sets of books at each level listed below were distributed free to New Zealand schools, together with the Answers and Teachers' Notes.
This page has categorised each Figure It Out book into both levels and strands.
Figure It Out
Teachers can select particular activities that provide extension to work done in the regular classroom programme, or they can use all or most of the activities in combination with other activities and textbooks to create a classroom programme.
The books can also be used for homework activities, and the relevant section in the teachers' notes could be copied for parents.
The teachers' notes may also provide useful information that could be given to students as hints.
Student activities, Answers and Teachers' Notes can also be found at Figure It Out on Tāhūrangi.
Levels 2-3
The 15 books for students at levels 2–3 are listed here. (Note that Financial Literacy was also published as a big book.)
- Level 2 Number Book 1
- Level 2 Number Book 2
- Level 2-3 Algebra
- Level 2-3 Number Sense and Algebraic Thinking B1
- Level 2-3 Number Sense and Algebraic Thinking B2
- Level 2-3 Basic Facts
- Level 2-3 Financial Literacy
- Level 2-3 Geometry
- Level 2-3 Measurement
- Level 2-3 Multiplicative Thinking
- Level 2-3 Number
- Level 2-3 Problem Solving
- Level 2-3 Statistics
- Level 2-3 Theme - Gala
- Level 2-3 Theme - Under the Sea
Level 3
The 21 books for students at level 3 are listed here.
- Level 2+-3+ Forces
- Level 2+-3+ Sustainability
- Level 2+-3+ Creative Technology
- Level 2+-3+ Technology Rules
- Level 3 Algebra
- Level 3 Number Sense & Algebraic Thinking Book 1
- Level 3 Number Sense & Algebraic Thinking Book 2
- Level 3 Basic Facts
- Level 3 Financial Literacy
- Level 3 Geometry
- Level 3 Measurement
- Level 3 Multiplicative Thinking
- Level 3 Number
- Level 3 Number Book 2
- Level 3 Number Book 3
- Level 3 Problem Solving
- Level 3+ Proportional Reasoning
- Level 3 Statistics
- Level 3 Theme - At Camp
- Level 3 Theme - Time Travel
Levels 3-4
The 22 books for students at level 3-4 are listed here.
- Level 3-4 Algebra
- Level 3-4 Number Sense & Algebraic Thinking Book 1
- Level 3-4 Number Sense & Algebraic Thinking Book 2
- Level 3-4 Basic Facts
- Level 3-4 Financial Literacy
- Level 3-4 Geometry
- Level 3-4 Measurement
- Level 3-4 Multiplicative Thinking
- Level 3-4 Number
- Level 3-4 Number Book 2
- Level 3-4 Number Book 3
- Level 3-4 Problem Solving
- Level 3-4+ Proportional Reasoning Book 1
- Level 3-4+ Proportional Reasoning Book 2
- Level 3-4 Energy
- Level 3-4 Using Resources
- Level 3-4 Statistics
- Level 3+ - 4 Statistics in the Media
- Level 3+ - 4+ Technology in Practice
- Level 3+ - 4+ Technology Transformations
- Level 3-4 Theme - Moving House
- Level 3-4 Theme Sport
Link and Levels 4 - 4+
The 23 books for students, link and levels 4 - 4+ are listed here.
- Link Algebra Book 1
- Level 4 Algebra Book 2
- Level 4 Algebra Book 3
- Level 4+ Algebra Book 4
- Level 4 - 4+ Financial Literacy
- Level 4 Geometry Book 1
- Level 4 Geometry Book 2
- Link Geometry and Measurement
- Level 4 Measurement Book 1
- Level 4+ Measurement Book 2
- Link Number Book 1
- Link Number Book 2
- Level 4 Number Book 3
- Level 4 Number Book 4
- Level 4 Number Book 5
- Level 4+ Number Book 6
- Link Number Sense Book 1
- Level 4 Number Sense Book 2
- Level 4 Statistics Book 1
- Level 4+ Statistics Book 2
- Level 4 - 4+ Statistics in the Media
- Level 4 - 4+ Theme - Disasters Strike!
- Level 4 - 4+ Theme - Getting Around
Number and Algebra
The 39 books for number and algebra are listed here.
- Levels 2-3 Algebra
- Level 3 Algebra
- Level 3-4 Algebra
- Link Algebra Book 1
- Level 4 Algebra Book 2
- Level 4 Algebra Book 3
- Level 4+ Algebra Book 4
- Level 2-3 Number Sense and Algebraic Thinking B1
- Level 2-3 Number Sense and Algebraic Thinking B2
- Level 3 Number Sense & Algebraic Thinking Book 1
- Level 3 Number Sense & Algebraic Thinking Book 2
- Level 3-4 Number Sense and Algebraic Thinking - Book 1
- Level 3-4 Number Sense and Algebraic Thinking Book 2
- Level 2-3 Basic Facts
- Level 3 Basic Facts
- Levels 3-4 Basic Facts
- Levels 2-3 Multiplicative Thinking
- Level 3 Multiplicative Thinking
- Level 3-4 Multiplicative Thinking
- Level 2 Number Book 1
- Level 2 Number Book 2
- Level 2-3 Number
- Level 3 Number
- Level 3 Number Book 2
- Level 3 Number Book 3
- Level 3-4 Number
- Level 3-4 Number Book 2
- Level 3-4 Number Book 3
- Link Number Book 1
- Link Number Book 2
- Level 4 Number Book 3
- Level 4 Number Book 4
- Level 4 Number Book 5
- Level 4+ Number Book 6
- Link Number Sense Book 1
- Level 4 Number Sense Book 2
- Level 3+ Proportional Reasoning
- Level 3- 4+ Proportional Reasoning Book 1
- Level 3- 4+ Proportional Reasoning Book 2
Geometry and Measurement
The 11 books for geometry and measurement are listed here.
Statistics
The 7 books for statistics are listed here.
Other books
The 23 other Figure It Out books are listed here.
- Level 2-3 Financial Literacy
- Level 3 Financial Literacy
- Level 3-4 Financial Literacy
- Level 4-4+ Financial Literacy
- Level 2-3 Problem Solving
- Level 3 Problem Solving
- Level 3-4 Problem Solving
- Level 2+ - 3+ Forces
- Level 2+ - 3+ Sustainability
- Level 3-4 Energy
- Level 3-4 Using Resources
- Level 2+ - 3+ Creative Technology
- Level 2+ - 3+ Technology Rules
- Level 3+ - 4+ Technology in Practice
- Level 3+ - 4+ Technology Transformations
- Level 2-3 Theme - Gala
- Level 2-3 Theme - Under the Sea
- Level 3 - At Camp
- Level 3 Theme - Time Travel
- Level 3-4 Theme - Moving House
- Level 3-4 Theme Sport
- Level 4 - 4+ Theme Disasters Strike!
- Level 4 - 4+ Them - Getting Around
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