If your year 6 child was given a homework maths paper with three questions on it and asked to do two, would they even consider doing all three?

[sandyballs]

I've been having a conversation with them about 'going the extra mile', not just with homework but generally in life and how particularly in the job market that they will probably enter in a few years, how important it is. So a good idea to get them into that frame of mind now surely?

DH thinks I'm being over the top and if they've been asked to do two and they've done it then leave them alone. DD1 totally gets what I'm saying and has done the extra questions, DD2 is adamant that two is all she is doing.

Views please

I have DCs (10 & &) who would probably do all 3 questions by choice because they LOVE maths!

During my PGCE year I was paired up (school practice and a few assignments) with a girl who always did the bare minimum to get by, whereas I wanted to do a good job. It drove me mad and I ended up doing the majority of the work.

I think they can tell the difference between just homework and an exam or exam practice, they are told often enough how to approach them.