Multiplicative thinking resources

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.

Students match given fractions to images of milk bottles to show how full each bottle is.

Students write ratios in their simplest form.

Students identify multiples of 4 and of 6, and explain their reasoning.

Students use all four operations to perform calculations using decimal values.

Students identify square and cubic numbers mentally in a timed test.