In Year 6, which is the fourth year in KS2 Maths and just before secondary school, you'll tackle tricky addition and subtraction problems. You'll learn words like altogether, difference, increase, and decrease.
Knowing how to add and subtract is super useful in everyday life, like when counting things in a shop. Imagine a bakery with 100 iced buns, selling 60 by lunch. If someone wants 38 buns in the afternoon, the baker must figure out if there are enough left. It's like solving puzzles!
You might use these skills to find out when your grandma was born. If she's 60, subtract that from the current year for the answer. Try a fun Year 6 quiz to test your addition and subtraction knowledge!
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Adding and subtracting
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Increase means get larger so we add the numbers
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Difference means take the smaller number away from the larger
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Decrease means get smaller so we subtract the numbers
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e.g. 1.3 + 0.9:
1.3 + 1 = 2.3 2.3 - 0.1 = 2.2 so 1.3 + 0.9 = 2.2 |
e.g. 3.4 - 2.9:
3.4 - 3 = 0.4 0.4 + 0.1 = 0.5 so 3.4 - 2.9 = 0.5 |
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3.41 - 2.56 = 0.85
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34 + 56 = 90 which is a multiple of 10 now add 48 so 90 + 48 = 138
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60 x 4 = 240 and 1 + 5 + 7 + 9 = 22
240 + 22 = 262 |
5.1 + 1.9 = 7 but 5.01 + 1.9 = 6.91 which is not a whole number
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then the tens: 50 + 60 = 110
then the hundreds: 200 + 100 = 300
then add them all together: 300 + 110 + 10 = 420