Developing strategies to plan and solve problems

Maths

Problem solving with whole numbers and decimals

I buy three souvenirs for £2.90, £3.60 and £4.10. How much did I spend in total?

A lemonade costs £2.25. I buy 2 for me and my friend and I pay with a £10 note. How much change do I receive?

I buy a meal deal and a tub of cream from the shops. I pay with a £10 note and receive £4.75 in change. How much did I spend on the meal deal and the tub of cream

A child's cinema ticket costs £4.60 and an adult cinema ticket costs £8.55. If I spent a total of £26.30, which tickets did I purchase?

A child's cinema ticket costs £4.60 and an adult cinema ticket costs £8.55. If I received £27.65 from a £50 note, which tickets did I purchase?

Which of the set of numbers below have a mean of 6?

From the set of numbers below which does not have a mean of 8?

A footballer scores 3 goals in his first game, 5 goals in his second game and 1 goal in his third game. What is the average number of goals that he has scored across his games?

6 people have the following number of sweets: 3,8,5,8,6. If they were to share the sweets equally between them how many would they each get?

Yes, they have exactly the right amount of money

Tickets to the cinema cost £8 each. Five friends go and each friend has the following amount of money: £9,£11,£6,£7,£6 Do they have enough money between them to pay for 5 tickets?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Developing strategies to plan and solve problems

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.