Multiplicative thinking resources

Students solve story problems involving multiplication and division.

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.

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

Students circle part of a collection of fruit pictures to show their understanding of fractional numbers.

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.

Students label given fractions of cake, and identify the remaining fraction.

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 use rounding to estimate totals then discuss this as a method of estimation.

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

Students solve problems involving rates of pay based on a formula using powers, and compare this to a fixed rate of pay.

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

Students answer questions about distance, speed and time, and identify an expression that describes the distance (kilometres) from the starting point in terms of time (minutes).

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

Students show how to work out the number of 1-digit that there are in 2-digit numbers.

This task requires students to calculate multiplication and rate problems.

Students answer questions about time, distance and speed of a journey of two motorbikes.

Students calculate the quantity and time taken for pages to be printed on a computer printer from the rate at which it prints.