Multiplicative thinking resources

Students identify and give rules for when numbers are divisible by three or by nine.

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.

Students calculate the quantity and time taken for pages to be printed on a computer printer from the rate at which it prints.

Students work out the costs and the best value for money of a range of tomato sauce bottles.

Students solve linear equations based on pizza orders and cooking times.

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

Students answer questions using a fraction as an operator to find the fraction quantities.

Students answer questions involving finding how many of one fraction goes into another fraction.

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

Students solve problems involving finding simple fractions of quantities, and show their working.

Students use fractions as operators to find unit fractions of a given whole number.

Students show how to work out the number of 1-digit that there are in 2-digit numbers.

Students calculate fraction division problems and show their working.

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

Students show how to divide 3-digit whole numbers into equal sized groups and identify any remainder.

Students explain multiplication estimation methods used to solve word problems.

Students show how to calculate maths problems involving fractions as a part and as a whole.

Students use percentages to calculate heights of a building from the total height. They then explain how to calculate another percentage.