Multiplicative thinking resources

Students solve number problems involving prices which include and exclude sales tax.

Students find the prime numbers that add or multiply to given sums or products.

Students break amounts into a number of equal sized groups.

Students find the number of groups of a given size using division, reverse multiplication, trial and improvement, or iterative equal sharing. Students must show their working.

Students carry out calculations involving multiplication of whole numbers by decimal numbers.

Students write ratios of cooking ingredients in their simplest form.

Students work out the missing dimension on a rectangle and show how they obtained it using proportional reasoning.

Students calculate the number of different coins in a given amount of money.

Students use multiplication to solve problems about window cleaning an office building.

Students evaluate a number of expressions involving the laws of indices.

Students find the biggest and smallest numbers from a list of positive and negative numbers. They add, subtract and multiply using these numbers.

This task requires students to show how to estimate numbers of items in some multiplication problems using any acceptable estimation strategy.

Using discount percentages, students calculate the sale price of clothes from the original price. They also calculate the original price of a discounted item.

Students calculate percentage increases and decreases for odd jobs and show their working.

Students calculate the number of different sized bottles of cola needed to make 6 litres and calculate the cheapest option to buy 12 litres

For this NEMP task students perform a range of tasks using fractions. These include ordering, subtracting, finding an equivalent and recording as a decimal and percentage.

Students show or explain how two different fraction numbers can represent the same fraction.

Students compare fractions, identify which is larger, and explain or show their reasoning.

Students answer question about partitioning pizzas between people.

Students explain errors in calculations that include all operations, decimal values, and percentages.

Students use multiplication and division to work out the number of boxes of cherries picked, and cartons filled.

Students answer questions that require calculations with distance, time and speed.

Students solve practical word problems.

Students answer maths problems involving multiplication, and show their working.

Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food.