Learning KS2 Maths is like solving puzzles from everyday life. In Year Six, you'll tackle big numbers and explore measures like millilitres, litres, grams, kilograms, millimetres, kilometres, minutes, and hours.
Solving problems means using multiplication, division, addition, or subtraction - maybe even all of them! Imagine figuring out how much something costs in pounds and pence or its weight in grams and kilograms. Some puzzles are unique, like this one: If you need to take a tablet every day for 3 months, how many tablets do you need all together?
Test your new skills with this quiz on solving fun problems with different measures!
Quizzes: Your Ticket to Fun Learning. Dive In
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Problem solving
To work out the answer you have to add the three amounts together. 0.75 litres is the same as 750ml so 750 + 400 + 350 = 1,500ml which is the same as 1.5 litres
|
To work this out first take 40 minutes from 50 leaving 10. Then take 3 hours from 16 leaving 13
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
If there are 42 seats in every row then we multiply 42 by 32 to work out the answer
|
200 ÷ 30 = 6 remainder 20cm. As 20cm is not long enough to make a bow, we can only make 6 bows
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
There are 100cm in a metre so Dad is 183cm tall. 183 + 28 = 211 so the ceiling is 211cm tall. 211cm is the same as 2.11 metres
|
To work this one out first divide 60 by 5 which is 12. Then Multiply 12 by 1.2 which is 14.4 so the car will use up 14.4 litres of fuel if it travels 60 miles. 14.4 litres subtracted from 20 litres leaves 5.6 litres still in the tank
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
To calculate this 50 minutes x 2.5 = 125 minutes. Add another 50 minutes gives 175 minutes or 2 hours and 55 minutes
|
This type of question needs to go backwards. The last step was to subtract 180 so add this back 300 + 180 = 480. To get here we had to multiply by 15 so we divide by 15 to get back to our original number
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adding the numbers after the decimal points will help here. 0.2 + 0.8 = 1.0 so we know that the answer will end in .23
|
100 - 34 = 66 so we know that the answer will end in .66. If we add 0.66 to 2.34 we get 3 so we still need another 3kg
|