Multiplicative thinking resources

Students answer a question about working out many kilometres were travelled in one hour from a given time to travel one kilometre.

Students calculate the percentage by which clothing prices have been reduced.

Students calculate percentages of whole numbers and convert fractions to percentages.

Students solve number problems involving prices which include and exclude GST.

Students convert speeds of vintage cars into kilometres per hour, and calculate distances travelled at these speeds.

Students work out the height of trees which have grown by different percentages, and work out the percentage growth from two given heights.

Students give the fraction or ratio of brown to white eggs in some cartons.

Students perform addition, multiplication, and percentage calculations based on information about the cost of buying and posting computer programs.

Students use rates to solve word problems involving cooking and preserving.

Students make rate calculations based on the number of labels put on envelopes in one and a half hours.

Students solve number problems involving ratios of hourly rates of pay.

Students increase and decrease quantities by given percentages.

Students increase and decrease quantities by given percentages.

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

Students multiply, add, and subtract expressions with negative numbers.

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

Students compare the strength of drinks with different rates of drink powder per volume of water.

Students work out the stock rate (number of sheep per hectare) for a farm and use it to determine the maximum number of sheep for the winter.

Students use the number of words typed in a given time to work out the number of words typed per minute and per hour.

Students calculate how price changes affect a purchase.

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

Students perform calculations on numbers in standard form and convert numbers from standard form to ordinary form and vice versa.

Students solve number problems involving prices which include and exclude sales tax.

Students write ratios of cooking ingredients in their simplest form.

Using discount percentages, students calculate the sale price of clothes from the original price. They also calculate the original price of a discounted item.