Multiplying and Dividing

Would you rather: Have 10% of £5 or 75% of 80p? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?

Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?

This big box multiplies anything that goes inside it by the same number. If you know the numbers that come out, what multiplication might be going on in the box?

These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?

This group activity will encourage you to share calculation strategies and to think about which strategy might be the most efficient.

Tom and Ben visited Numberland. Use the maps to work out the number of points each of their routes scores.

After training hard, these two children have improved their results. Can you work out the length or height of their first jumps?

Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!

On my calculator I divided one whole number by another whole number and got the answer 3.125. If the numbers are both under 50, what are they?

This multiplication uses each of the digits 0 - 9 once and once only. Using the information given, can you replace the stars in the calculation with figures?

Andy had a big bag of marbles but unfortunately the bottom of it split and all the marbles spilled out. Use the information to find out how many there were in the bag originally.

Find the product of the numbers on the routes from A to B. Which route has the smallest product? Which the largest?

Use 4 four times with simple operations so that you get the answer 12. Can you make 15, 16 and 17 too?