Multiplicative thinking resources

Students calculate the number of packets of biscuits that need to be sold, and how many house visits are needed to attain a given profit.

Students calculate the number of free gifts distributed at a Tennis Championship given the number of people entering and the frequency of the gifts given away.

Students identify numbers using clues which give the range within which each number falls and two factors with their remainder.

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

Students use the scaled plan of a property to calculate the area of the pool, house, and lawn.

Students use given ratios to determine the number of people performing kapa haka.

This practical task requires you to estimate the dimensions of a room, then check with a metre ruler and calculate the volume of the room.

Student work out the side lengths and area of a tapa cloth from the measurement of a small section of it, converting between cm and metres.

Students answer four multiple choice questions identifying which three-digit number can be divided by a one-digit number to get a given remainder.

Students select which four-digit numbers can be divided by a one-digit number without a remainder.

Students solve story problems involving multiplication and division.

Students show how to break given amounts into a number of equal sized groups and find the amount each person gets.

Students calculate how many adults got into a concert for free using information about the number of concert-goers and the ratio of free adults to children.

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

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

Students find and show given fractions of shapes and sets of counters.

Students calculate the number of 2cm blocks fit into a given 3-dimensional block model, and answer questions about one face, and volume of the block model.

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

Students evaluate a number of expressions involving the laws of indices (exponents).

Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food.

Students identify the larger of two improper fractions and drag a number of improper and mixed fractions into ascending order.

Students work out different percentages of a sum of money and the percentage of money left over.

Students work out how many cups of juice can be made or how many runs can be scored from given rates.

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 use ratios and proportional reasoning to compute various amounts.