MathsYears 5–6Addition & Subtraction
Solve multi-step problems (Y5)
Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why
What you'll learn
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Imagine you have a bag of 20 sweets 🍬. You give 8 to your friend, then buy 5 more. How many do you have now?
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What's the first thing you need to do in our sweet problem?
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Let's solve: 20 sweets − 8 sweets = ?
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Now you buy 5 more. What is 12 + 5?
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Try this one: Sara has 15 stickers. She gives 6 away, then finds 4 more. How many stickers does she have now?
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Sara had 15, gave away 6, then found 4. What's the answer?
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Which operation do you do FIRST in a multi-step problem?
Practise Solve multi-step problems (Y5) with Whizlo
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