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7 November 2026
- The Melbourne Cup
- Remembrance Day poppies
- Zoo summer sunset concerts
Issue 35 · 7 November 2026
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Try this week's question · Extension
“There were 97,200 people at the 2026 Melbourne Cup. If 45% of them were women, and of the men, 25% were 60 years of age or older, how many men at the Cup were younger than 60?”
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About our Extension maths worded problem sheets
For primary school-aged students who may benefit from an additional challenge in maths, the questions in Matharoo’s Extension Level worded maths problem sheets will fill the bill perfectly.
Matharoo’s Extension Level has been created with worded maths problems that are considerably more challenging and demanding to accelerate the skills and vocabulary of more capable maths students. With the use of more complex – but still primary school-appropriate – mathematical questions and reasoning, the Extension Maths Worded Problem Sheets build the mathematical skills and vocabulary of high-performing primary school maths students.
These questions are written specifically to exercise various maths skills including percentages, accounts, fractions, speed and velocity. All questions will challenge students’ strengths in an ambitious manner, while remaining careful to still be achievable. In the process, high-performing maths students will continue to gain confidence in their maths skills and their application within their current school year level, while also advancing their maths skills to continue excelling in future years.
While Matharoo’s Extension Level is intended for gifted and extension students, these problem sheets don’t lose out on Matharoo’s trademark core elements of topical interest, fun and interactivity. These questions are built around common interests of children in their pre-teens, including music, movies, television, pets, current affairs and even some politics (while always leaving out any bias). The nature of the maths problems not only enhance a child’s maths vocabulary, but also their general knowledge and reading comprehension skills.
These sheets, freshly-written and emailed out to teachers each week, are strengthening positive attitudes to maths and problem-solving skills among primary school-aged students across Australia and New Zealand.
Matharoo’s Extension Level is helping our future stars of STEM subjects to remain engaged with and stimulated by maths during their formative primary school years. Think of it as a weekly positive maths stimulus for your high-performing maths students to keep them engaged and positive about maths!
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