Multiplicative thinking resources

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

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

Students use doubling and halving to solve multiplication problems.

Students use estimation strategies to calculate the number of vegetables they can buy with given amounts of money.

Students identify multiples of 5 and of 3, and explain their reasoning.

Students show how to divide given amounts into the number of groups of a given size.

Students calculate the number of rocks in a wall set up as an array.

Students use doubling and halving to solve a number of multiplication problems.

Students compare fractions, identify which is larger, and explain or show their reasoning.

In this practical task students drag fractions of different fish onto the body of a shark.

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

For this NEMP task students answer a series of questions about fractions.

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

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