Multiplicative thinking resources

Students work out the height of trees which have grown by different percentages, and work out the percentage growth from two given heights.

Students give the fraction or ratio of brown to white eggs in some cartons.

Students work out the number of covered counters on a 10 x 10 array.

Students work out the number of covered counters on a 10 x 10 array.

Students identify whether two shapes have been partitioned evenly or not, and show how to correctly partition the shapes.

Students use division to solve story problems.

Students convert speeds of vintage cars into kilometres per hour, and calculate distances travelled at these speeds.

Students break amounts into a number of equal sized groups.

For this NEMP task students complete a table for a linear equation about fuel consumption.

Student solve multiplication and division problems that involve money.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of multiplication and division calculations using whole numbers and decimals.

Students explore multiplicative relationships by completing multiplication equations.

Students use a diagram of a netball court and soccer field to calculate area.

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

Students answer questions that involve calculating the capacities of different situations.

Students perform addition, subtraction and division calculations based on numbers of coloured jelly beans.

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

Students halve and double a range of numbers.

Students estimate a division problem, share their methods, discuss the nice numbers and factors method, and then do more problems using nice numbers and factors.

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 calculate the area of composite shapes.

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 solve practical word problems.

In this practical task, students use plastic coins and paper notes to work out three different ways to make the same amount of money.

Students identify different ways that given amounts of money can be made up using a range of coins and notes.