Multiplicative thinking resources

Students use given ratios to work out missing amounts in a variety of contexts and express a ratio in its simplest form.

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 share total numbers of objects according to some given ratios in a variety of contexts.

Students use ratios and proportional reasoning to compute various amounts.

Students work out the cost of items of clothing both before and after GST has been added to them.

Students calculate the cost per kilogram of three confectionery hampers.

Students perform calculations using whole numbers and negative numbers.

Task: calculate answer to questions about speed, distance, and time. Assessment focus: using a formula.

Students write ratios in their simplest form.

Students use given ratios to determine the number of people at the movies.