Multiplicative thinking resources

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.

Students answer multiple-choice questions involving total weight and a number of objects.

Students use the number of words typed in a given time to work out the number of words typed per minute and per hour.

Students evaluate how many complete times a number divides into another when there is a remainder.

Students complete equations by multiplying to given products on a multiplication wheel.

Students use cuisenaire rods to work out part-whole fraction problems.

In this practical task students use counters to show fractions of whole numbers.

Students answer questions about weight and number of packets of biscuits for a school fundraising project.

Students calculate how price changes affect a purchase.

Students answer multiple choice questions about finding percentages of a whole number, and express a quantity as a percentage of another.

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

Students find a missing number using clues about what remainder there is when the number is divided by given numbers.

Students answer four multiple-choice questions about volume and surface area.

This task requires students to exhibit multiplication basic facts, and answer story problems about vegetables that require multiplication.

Students perform calculations on numbers in standard form and convert numbers from standard form to ordinary form and vice versa.

Students share out sets of counters into equal-sized groups.

Students convert units of weight - milligram, gram, kilogram, and tonne, in order to answer questions about potatoes.

Students show how to partition shapes into a given number of equal parts and identify the fraction of each part.