Multiplicative thinking resources

Students calculate the cost of a set of books given unit prices for an individual book.

Students interpret a pie graph to answer multiple choice questions.

Students multiply two numbers, then divide the total by 3 and by 6.

This practical task involves students making estimates of sets of items and demonstrating their method(s) of estimation.

Students halve and double a range of numbers.

Students explore multiplicative relationships by completing multiplication equations.

Student solve multiplication and division problems that involve money.

Students work out how many doses in a larger measure of medicine.

Students break given numbers into equal sized groups. Students must show their working.

Students work out the cost and the weights of buying several bags of flour.

Students complete a number of equations on a division wheel.

Students calculate scores for teams at a school swimming sports.

Students fold pieces of paper shaped as a rectangle, square, and circle to show fractions.

Students calculate the number of logs stacked by a group of children using information about the amount paid per log.

Students calculate fractions of whole numbers using number of goals scored in a soccer season.

Students identify given fractions of sets.

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

Students perform calculations involving rates of pay, distances, and quantities.

Students calculate the cost of several cans of soft drinks, the maximum number bought for a given cost, and the change given after buying several cans.

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

Students draw lines to divide up shapes into equal parts and name the fractional value of the part.

Students partition sets of objects and show how to work out fractions of quantities (using fractions as operators).

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

Students show how to partition a number of counters and identify the fraction shared.

Students find fractional amounts of a total number of Easter eggs.