Multiplicative thinking resources

Students work out the cost and the weights of buying several bags of flour.

Students calculate the area of an extension to a cottage and the area around the buildings.

Students identify whether two shapes have been partitioned evenly or not, and show how to correctly partition the shapes.

Students write addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division story problems for given car advertisements.

Students calculate the volume of 3-dimensional shapes made up from cubes.

Students identify an equation which expresses the volume of a cuboid and calculate the number of blocks in a different cuboid.

Students complete a number of equations on a division wheel.

Students calculate scores for teams at a school swimming sports.

Students fold pieces of paper shaped as a rectangle, square, and circle to show fractions.

Students make rate calculations based on the number of labels put on envelopes in one and a half hours.

Students solve number problems involving ratios of hourly rates of pay.

Students increase and decrease quantities by given percentages.

Students increase and decrease quantities by given percentages.

Students calculate the number of logs stacked by a group of children using information about the amount paid per log.

Students work out problems about the weight and price of chocolate bars from some given information.

Students work out the number of covered counters on a 10 x 10 array.

Students calculate different fractions of given whole numbers.

Students calculate fractions of whole numbers using number of goals scored in a soccer season.

Students identify given fractions of sets.

Students answer questions about the total capacity in litres given the number of cups that fill the containers.

Students perform addition, subtraction and division calculations based on numbers of coloured jelly beans.

Students calculate the amount of money saved from given percentage discounts on bikes.

Students perform calculations involving rates of pay, distances, and quantities.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of three composite shapes.

For this NEMP task students calculate ratios, fractions, and percentages of numbers to solve problems involving numbers of blue and yellow bears. A sheet of coloured bears is provided.