Multiplicative thinking resources

Students calculate an exact square root and estimate approximate square roots by finding the length of the square flower bed of a given area, and give an explanation for their answers.

Students express a distance as a percentage of the distance of a whole journey, and calculate percentages or fractions of parts of the journey.

Students calculate how price changes affect a purchase.

Students explain errors in calculations that include all operations, decimal values, and percentages.

Students evaluate a number of expressions involving the laws of indices (exponents).

Students solve problems involving rates of pay based on a formula using powers, and compare this to a fixed rate of pay.