Multiplicative thinking resources

Students show or explain how to share equally amongst a number of people.

Students use information in a table about exploding bottles of ginger beer to find the fractions and percentages of bottles that exploded or stayed sealed in given weeks.

Students order fractions from smallest to greatest, and work out fractions of an amount.

Students show or explain how to share cakes and pizzas equally amongst a number of people.

Students identify the correct denominator as numerator to create equivalent fractions for a range of given fractions. Optional space for diagrams is provided.

Students identify equivalent fractions to those given.

Students find fractional amounts of a total number of Easter eggs.

Students demonstrate their understanding of the effect of division and multiplication involving fractions.

Students identify equivalent fractions, and write fractions in their simplest forms.

Students answer multiple-choice questions involving total weight and a number of objects.

Students evaluate how many complete times a number divides into another when there is a remainder.

In this practical task students use counters to show fractions of whole numbers.

Students answer multiple choice questions about finding percentages of a whole number, and express a quantity as a percentage of another.

Students perform calculations on indoor cricket scores, which include negative numbers.

Students find a missing number using clues about what remainder there is when the number is divided by given numbers.

Students answer four multiple-choice questions about volume and surface area.

Students convert units of weight - milligram, gram, kilogram, and tonne, in order to answer questions about potatoes.

Students find the prime numbers that add or multiply to given sums or products.

Students calculate the number of different coins in a given amount of money.

Students calculate the number of different sized bottles of cola needed to make 6 litres and calculate the cheapest option to buy 12 litres

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 express fractions, related distances covered, as percentages.

Students answer questions about time and average speed given a rate of walking.

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

Students calculate times and speeds of scouts on a cycling tour.