Multiplicative thinking resources

This practical task requires students to determine the number of different coloured beads needed to thread onto a necklace by interpreting different decimals.

Students calculate fractions of a given number of marbles.

Students use given ratios to work out missing amounts in a variety of contexts and express a ratio in its simplest form.

This task is about using multiplication, division and subtraction to solve problems involving money.

Students estimate (and explain how) the area of two islands on a grid.

Students calculate the cost of multiple CDs given the unit cost for a single CD.

Students calculate the capacity, in millilitres, of three containers whose measurements are given in centimetres.

Using a set unit cost students find total costs for given quantities, and find the quantity for a given total cost.

Students express a distance as a percentage of the distance of a whole journey, and calculate percentages or fractions of parts of the journey.

In this practical task students use play money to show fractions of dollar amounts involving decimals.

In this practical task students use play money to show fractions of dollar amounts.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of a composite shape.

Students calculate multiplication problems.

Students solve multiplication problems.

Students share total numbers of objects according to some given ratios in a variety of contexts.

Students work out the cost of items of clothing both before and after GST has been added to them.

Students use prices of vegetables to perform all four arithmetic operations on decimal numbers.

Students calculate the cost per kilogram of three confectionery hampers.

Students answer questions by dividing a given amount of chocolate bars equally, and finding a fraction of the total amount.

Students use addition, multiplication and division operations to perform calculations.

Students perform calculations using whole numbers and negative numbers.

Students use division to solve story problems.

Students answer questions based on multiplication or division by 25, and explain how they arrived at their answer.

In this practical task students drag fractions of different fish onto the body of a shark.

Students work out how many triangular prism shapes there are in larger cuboid, and answer questions about volume of both shapes.