Additive thinking resources

For this NEMP task students perform a range of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division calculations using whole numbers and decimal amounts of money.

Students use addition and multiplication to work out the cheapest of several price options.

Students work out the change from $10 for a number of purchases.

Students multiply, add, and subtract expressions with negative numbers.

Students use addition to calculate possible scores in a fairground game.

Students show how to solve some addition problems.

Students work out the extra amounts of ingredients needed for a recipe and complete a table of results.

Students solve addition and subtraction problems involving fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators.

Using given information about a shop's takings students round the amounts to give estimated totals for four weeks takings.

Students perform calculations on indoor cricket scores, which include negative numbers.

Students answer addition and subtraction questions about attendance at an art show.

Students use addition and subtraction to calculate temperatures over periods of time.

Students identify the correct change from purchasing food at a food bar.

Students solve subtraction story problems and show their strategies.

Students use given distances to calculate other distances.

Students use addition and subtraction to solve story problems.

Students solve addition and subtraction problems involving fractions with different denominators.

Students add up the times for a number of exercises to get the total.

Students answer maths problems involving multiplication and show their strategies.

Students answer questions about total cost, cheapest, most expensive, and the maximum number of books that can be bought. Book prices are decimal numbers.

Students work out starting and finishing times, and how long events take.

Students calculate the distance around three different sized gardens.

Students show how to solve some subtraction problems.

Students calculate the numbers of pieces of fruit and vegetables divided evenly into bags, and any remainder.

Students identify the least number of coins needed to make up specified amounts of money.