Multiplicative thinking resources

This practical task requires students to determine the number of different coloured beads needed to thread onto a necklace by interpreting different percentages.

This practical task requires students to determine the number of different coloured beads needed to thread onto a necklace by interpreting different fractions.

This practical task requires students to determine the number of different coloured beads needed to thread onto a necklace by interpreting different decimals.

Students calculate fractions of a given number of marbles.

Students estimate (and explain how) the area of two islands on a grid.

Students calculate the cost of multiple CDs given the unit cost for a single CD.

Students calculate the capacity, in millilitres, of three containers whose measurements are given in centimetres.

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

Students calculate the perimeter and area of a composite shape.

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

Students work out how many triangular prism shapes there are in larger cuboid, and answer questions about volume of both shapes.

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

Students calculate the area of composite shapes.

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

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

Student work out the side lengths and area of a tapa cloth from the measurement of a small section of it, converting between cm and metres.

Students find the biggest and smallest numbers from a list of positive and negative numbers. They add, subtract and multiply using these numbers.

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 work out different percentages of a sum of money and the percentage of money left over.

Students answer questions about distance, speed and time, and identify an expression that describes the distance (kilometres) from the starting point in terms of time (minutes).

Students calculate the quantity and time taken for pages to be printed on a computer printer from the rate at which it prints.

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

This task requires students to show how to estimate numbers of items in some multiplication problems using any acceptable estimation strategy.

Students answer questions using a fraction as an operator to find the fraction quantities.