Multiplicative thinking resources

Students answer questions about weight and number of packets of biscuits for a school fundraising project.

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

Students answer question about partitioning pizzas between people.

Students use multiplication and division to work out the number of boxes of cherries picked, and cartons filled.

Students solve practical word problems.

Students calculate the numbers of pieces of fruit and vegetables divided evenly into bags, and any remainder.

Students select the best estimate for division and multiplication problems involving stamps, money, and baskets of pinecones.

Students convert millilitres to litres and vice versa to answer questions about the number of 200ml cups of lemonade in litre bottles.

This task is about using multiplication, division and subtraction to solve problems involving money.

Using a set unit cost students find total costs for given quantities, and find the quantity for a given total cost.

In this practical task students use play money to show fractions of dollar amounts involving decimals.

In this practical task students use play money to show fractions of dollar amounts.

Students calculate multiplication problems.

Students answer questions by dividing a given amount of chocolate bars equally, and finding a fraction of the total amount.

Students answer questions based on multiplication or division by 25, and explain how they arrived at their answer.

Students match given fractions to images of milk bottles to show how full each bottle is.

Students calculate fractions of a total number of cars. They also calculate the total number of cars, given an identified fraction of this total.

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

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 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 and show given fractions of shapes and sets of counters.

Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food.