Multiplicative thinking resources

Students solve linear equations based on pizza orders and cooking times.

Students show how they estimate in some multiplication problems and come up with sensible estimates.

Students estimate a multiplication problem, share their methods, discuss the rounding method, and then do more estimation problems using rounding.

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

Students identify numbers using clues which give the range within which each number falls and two factors with their remainder.

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

Students explain multiplication estimation methods used to solve word problems.

Students calculate the area of composite shapes.

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 estimate an addition problem, share their methods, discuss the averaging method, and then do more problems using averaging.

Students discuss making an interval estimate in multiplication problems (i.e., getting a lower and an upper limit for the actual answer using the front-end and rounding-up estimation methods). They then use this method on two problems.

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.

Students convert millilitres to litres and vice versa when working out quantities of bottles and glasses of fizzy drink for a party.

Students use the scaled plan of a property to calculate the area of the pool, house, and lawn.

Students express proportions as percentages and calculate percentages.

This practical task requires students to construct a one metre newspaper roll, use it to estimate the dimensions of a room, then calculate the volume of that room.

Students use all four operations to perform calculations using decimal values.

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 number of 2cm blocks fit into a given 3-dimensional block model, and answer questions about one face, and volume of the block model.

Students estimate and explain how they estimated their answer for two number problems: one involving multiplication; and the other division.

Students calculate the lengths and areas of a road sign.

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

Students calculate percentages of whole numbers.