Max Maths, Year 6, Try it, Multiplication word problems

In the 'Try it' section of Max Maths for Year 6, students encounter a series of multiplication word problems designed to test their ability to apply multiplication in real-life scenarios. For example, Han's situation involves calculating the total cost of balloons. Han has 6 balloons, with each balloon costing 80 cents. Students are tasked with determining the overall cost of the balloons by multiplying the number of balloons by the cost per balloon.

The exercises continue with three engaging problems that require students to use multiplication to find solutions. The first problem asks students to calculate the total length of Jade's 6 ribbons, each measuring 179 centimetres. The second problem presents a scenario with 208 boxes on a truck, each containing 6 bottles of milk, prompting students to figure out the total number of bottles on one truck and then on 18 trucks. The third problem involves a school printer that can print 7 pages per minute, and students must work out how many pages it can print in 2 hours and how many pages 3 printers could print in the same timeframe. These problems are intended to hone students' skills in multiplication while also improving their problem-solving abilities.