Multiplicative thinking resources

Students demonstrate their understanding of order of operations by explaining how a correct answer is calculated.

Students calculate the cost of several cans of soft drinks, the maximum number bought for a given cost, and the change given after buying several cans.

For this NEMP task students perform a series of division problems.

For this NEMP task students use addition and division to solve story problems.

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

Using clues, students identify an equivalent fraction for a given fraction.

Students answer questions using percentages to find missing amounts, and writing percentages using given amounts.

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

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

This task requires students to calculate multiplication and rate problems.

Students find different ways to divide squares into halves and quarters.

Students show or explain how to share equally amongst a number of people.

Students use information in a table about exploding bottles of ginger beer to find the fractions and percentages of bottles that exploded or stayed sealed in given weeks.

Students order fractions from smallest to greatest, and work out fractions of an amount.

Students show or explain how to share cakes and pizzas equally amongst a number of people.

Students identify the correct denominator as numerator to create equivalent fractions for a range of given fractions. Optional space for diagrams is provided.

Students identify equivalent fractions to those given.

Students draw lines to divide up shapes into equal parts and name the fractional value of the part.

Students partition sets of objects and show how to work out fractions of quantities (using fractions as operators).

Students show how to partition a number of counters and identify the fraction shared.

Students find fractional amounts of a total number of Easter eggs.

Students demonstrate their understanding of the effect of division and multiplication involving fractions.

Students identify equivalent fractions, and write fractions in their simplest forms.

Students compare the strength of drinks with different rates of drink powder per volume of water.

Students work out the stock rate (number of sheep per hectare) for a farm and use it to determine the maximum number of sheep for the winter.