MathsYear 6Addition & Subtraction

Multi-step problems with all four operations

Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why; use estimation to check answers

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have a big box of 24 chocolates 🍫. You eat some, then share the rest with friends — that's a multi-step problem!

  2. 2

    What does 'multi-step' mean?

  3. 3

    Let's solve this together: Sam has 15 stickers. He gets 3 more packs of 5 stickers each. How many does he have now?

  4. 4

    Try this with the bar model: 20 biscuits total. You eat 8, then share the rest equally between 3 friends. How many does each friend get?

  5. 5

    In the biscuit problem, what should you do first?

  6. 6

    A shop has 48 apples. They sell 6 bags of 5 apples each. How many apples are left?

  7. 7

    What is the LAST step in the apple problem?

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