Multiplicative thinking resources

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.

In this practical task students drag fractions of different fish onto the body of a shark.

Students break amounts into a number of equal sized groups.

Students work out how many doses in a larger measure of medicine.

Students calculate percentages of whole numbers.

Students work out problems about the weight and price of chocolate bars from some given information.

Students solve story problems involving multiplication and division.

Students calculate the amount of money saved from given percentage discounts on bikes.

Students calculate how many adults got into a concert for free using information about the number of concert-goers and the ratio of free adults to children.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of a composite shape.

Students answer questions by dividing a given amount of chocolate bars equally, and finding a fraction of the total amount.

Students use addition, multiplication and division operations to perform calculations.

Students use division to solve story problems.

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

Students calculate multiplication problems.

Students calculate the number of packets of biscuits that need to be sold, and how many house visits are needed to attain a given profit.

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

Students answer four multiple choice questions identifying which three-digit number can be divided by a one-digit number to get a given remainder.

Students select which four-digit numbers can be divided by a one-digit number without a remainder.

Students calculate the cost of a set of books given unit prices for an individual book.

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

Students multiply two numbers, then divide the total by 3 and by 6.

Students use a diagram of a netball court and soccer field to calculate area.

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

In this practical task, students use plastic coins and paper notes to work out three different ways to make the same amount of money.