Year 6
Year 6

Applying addition and subtraction

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practice representing decimal numbers and apply previous learning to solve addition and subtraction problems. We will use bar models and other representations to help them make sense of the word problems, before applying calculation strategies to find the solution.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Work out 56,475 - 33,250
20.576
23,000
Correct answer: 23,225
24,065
Q2.
Work out 6,084,926 - 1,795,319
3,465,353
4,000,000
Correct answer: 4,289,607
5,263.363
Q3.
Work out 127,591 - 119,899
6,485
7,243
Correct answer: 7692
8,000
Q4.
Work out 587,405 - 98,985
485,953
488,000
Correct answer: 488,420
490,864
Q5.
Work out 1,371,986 - 1,267,405
104,548
Correct answer: 104,581
105,000
105,854

4 Questions

Q1.
John buys two items. The difference in price is £3.90. Which two items did he buy?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Alien cuddly toy and Aliens T-shirt
Aliens T-shirt and Galaxy book
Star shaped notebook and I <3 Space keyring
Star shaped notepad and galaxy book
Q2.
What is the total cost of the Solar system model, a keyring and the galaxy book?
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£67.34
£70
Correct answer: £75.27
£80
Q3.
In a sale, the price of the cuddly toy decreases by £5.96. What is the new price?
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£20.71
£8.50
Correct answer: £8.79
£9.00
Q4.
Sally buys three items. She pays more than £35 but less than £40. What could she have bought?
An image in a quiz
Galaxy book, Alien cuddly toy and Alien T-shirt
Keyring, Model solar system and Alien T-shirt
Correct answer: Model Astronaut, Alien cuddly toy and Alien T-shirt
Model Astronaut, Galaxy book and keyring