Multiplication and division

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?

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

Can you work out how many flowers there will be on the Amazing Splitting Plant after it has been growing for six weeks?

At the beginning of May, Tom put his tomato plant outside. On the same day he sowed a bean in another pot. When will the two be the same height?

Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?

Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

Peter wanted to make two pies for a party. His mother had a recipe for him to use. However, she always made 80 pies at a time. Did Peter have enough ingredients to make two pumpkin pies?

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