Multiplication Thinking T4 wk6

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Division - Multiplication in Reverse!

Factors of... Time to Spin the Wheel

New Questions

Apply your Multiplication Thinking

1.

Santa has a sack full of presents.

There are 4 gifts for every student in N3

How many gifts are there altogether?

2.

If the average weight of each gift was 500 grams how heavy would a sack filled with gifts for the whole school be?  Kilograms 

3.

How many households in New Zealand?

If Santa spent just 1 second delivering gifts to each home in NZ. How much time would he spend delivering gifts in New Zealand.  Minutes?  Hours?  Days?

Multiplication T4 Wk1

   Random Spinners - Spin and Multiply a x b x c

 

Division - Multiplication in Reverse!

Factors of... Time to Spin the Wheel

New Questions

Apply your Multiplication Thinking - 

and be CURIOUS

1. In a warehouse they can store five rows of pallets.

Each row can have 10 pallets and be stacked 4 pallets high.

If each pallet has the number of boxes pictured below - how many boxes can be stored in the warehouse?

2. If each box in the warehouse contains 12 litre bottles of water make a sensible estimate of the total weight of the items in the warehouse!

3. How many beans in the can?

The can contents weight is 420 grams

One bean + sauce weighs about 1 gram

4. How many sausages would you need to reach to the moon?

Average sausage length = 12cm

Average distance to the moon (google search this information)

Multiplication

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Division - Multiplication in Reverse!

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New Questions

Apply your Multiplication Thinking - 

and be CURIOUS

1. What is the cost per 100 grams for this ice cream?

Information

2 litres $5.99

1lt of ice cream weights the same as 1lt of water

2. What is the cost per 100 grams for this milk?

Information

3 litres $5.70

1 lt of milk weighs the same as 1 lt of water

3. How much are these sausages each?

Information

14 per pack $7.00

4. If one banana weighs 150 grams

and 1kg of bananas cost $2.99

How many bananas would you get for $100?

Weekly Multiplication

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Division - Multiplication in Reverse!

Factors of... Time to Spin the Wheel

New Questions

Apply your Multiplication Thinking - 

and be CURIOUS

Figure out what the calculation is.

What do you need to do to work this out?

1. If there are ten blades of grass in 1cm square how many are there in 1m square?

calculators permitted

2. 

If one rain drop is 1mm cubed

How many raindrops are needed to fill a 200ml cup?

calculators permitted

3. 

Godwits fly 11,000 km non stop from Christchurch to Alaska every year. 

If they fly at a speed of 60km per hour how long does this journey take?

Hours?

Days?

calculators permitted

 

4. 

If the Gotwit flaps its wings once per second 

how many flaps does it take to get to Alaska?

calculators permitted

5. 

If there are a total of 678 different competitions at the Tokyo Olympics and just one set of medals was awarded at each ceremony. What is the total weight of all  the:

Gold Medals?

Silver Medals?

Bronze Metals?

Gold: about 556g Silver: about 550g Bronze: about 450g

calculators permitted

Weekly Multiplication

 Random Spinners - Spin and Multiply a x b x c

 

Division - Multiplication in Reverse!

Factors of... Time to Spin the Wheel

New Questions

Apply your Multiplication Thinking - 

and be CURIOUS

1. If a grain of salt weights 100th of a gram

how many grains would there be in 1kg of salt.

calculators permitted

2. 

If you drink 8 glasses of water a day - how many litres of water do you drink in a year?

1 glass = 250ml

1 lt = 1000ml

calculators permitted

3. 

If a snail moves at a speed of 1m per hour. How long would it take the snail to get from Christchurch to Dunedin (360km)?

How many hours?

How many days?

calculators permitted

 

4. 

If an elephant weighs 6300kg

How many school children would that equal if the average child weighed 30kg?

calculators permitted

5. 

Hair growth.

If your hair grows at 1mm per week how long does it take to grow 50cm?

calculators permitted