LANTITE Numeracy study materials
LANTITE Numeracy study resources

LANTITE Numeracy case studies

LANTITE Numeracy · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students - widely known as LANTITE - is the assessment that initial teacher education students in Australia sit to demonstrate that their own literacy and numeracy are in the top 30 per cent of the adult population. ACER lists the test among the programs it hosts, and candidates generally encounter it as a computer-delivered assessment taken during their teaching degree. The LANTITE Numeracy case studies are 5 cases and about 2,358 words.

1

Excursion quote with free-adult rule and GST

Year 6 at Rivermere Primary has 26 students. Three adults will attend the museum excursion: the classroom teacher, one education aide and the principal.

469 words, about 2 min
2

Turf order against a fixed P&C budget

The P&C has budgeted 520 to re-turf a courtyard at Kallista Primary. The courtyard is a rectangle 12.4 m by 8.6 m, but a rectangular garden bed 3.2 m by 2.5 m occupies one corner and will not be turfed.

457 words, about 2 min
3

Reporting a class result after a late test

A Year 5 teacher has marked 15 of the 16 students in a mental-maths quiz scored out of 20. The scores are 12, 15, 9, 18, 14, 11, 16, 13, 10, 15, 17, 8, 14, 12 and 16.

485 words, about 2 min
4

Paint quantity, coverage risk and tin sizes

A classroom is 8.4 m long, 6.2 m wide and 2.7 m high, and all four walls are to be repainted in one colour. One long wall contains three windows, each 1.5 m by 1.2 m, and one short wall contains a door 0.9 m by 2.1 m.

456 words, about 2 min
5

Fete game: expected takings before the day

The Year 6 student council is running a dice game at the school fete. Each play costs 2.00.

491 words, about 2 min