Multiplicative thinking resources

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

Students show how they solve equal sharing problems.

Students halve and double a range of numbers.

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

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

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

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

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

Students solve story problems involving multiplication and division.

For this NEMP task students calculate ratios, fractions, and percentages of numbers to solve problems involving numbers of blue and yellow bears. A sheet of coloured bears is provided.

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

For this NEMP task students perform a series of division problems.

For this NEMP task students use addition and division to solve story problems.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division calculations using whole numbers and decimal amounts of money.

Students find different ways to divide squares into halves and quarters.

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

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

Students use doubling and halving to solve multiplication problems.

This task requires students to exhibit multiplication basic facts, and answer story problems about vegetables that require multiplication.

Students share out sets of counters into equal-sized groups.

Students show how to partition shapes into a given number of equal parts and identify the fraction of each part.

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.

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 answer maths problems involving multiplication, and show their working.