Multiplicative thinking resources

Students answer questions about the difference between a range of given times in minutes.

Students estimate a division problem, share their methods, discuss the nice numbers and factors method, and then do more problems using nice numbers and factors.

Students answer questions that involve calculating the capacities of different situations.

Students use a diagram of a netball court and soccer field to calculate area.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of multiplication and division calculations using whole numbers and decimals.

For this NEMP task students complete a table for a linear equation about fuel consumption.

Students calculate the lengths and areas of a road sign.

Students calculate percentages of whole numbers.

Students demonstrate their understanding of the order of operations and placing brackets.

Students calculate the area of an extension to a cottage and the area around the buildings.

Students write addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division story problems for given car advertisements.

Students calculate the volume of 3-dimensional shapes made up from cubes.

Students identify an equation which expresses the volume of a cuboid and calculate the number of blocks in a different cuboid.

Students work out problems about the weight and price of chocolate bars from some given information.

Students calculate different fractions of given whole numbers.

Students calculate the amount of money saved from given percentage discounts on bikes.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of three composite shapes.

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 demonstrate their understanding of order of operations by explaining how a correct answer is calculated.

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

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

Using clues, students identify an equivalent fraction for a given fraction.

Students answer questions using percentages to find missing amounts, and writing percentages using given amounts.

Students use addition and multiplication to work out the cheapest of several price options.

This task requires students to calculate multiplication and rate problems.