Developing strategies to plan and solve problems

Maths

Problem solving with whole numbers and decimals

I buy three souvenirs for £2.90, £3.60 and £4.10. How much did I spend in total?

A lemonade costs £2.25. I buy 2 for me and my friend and I pay with a £10 note. How much change do I receive?

I buy a meal deal and a tub of cream from the shops. I pay with a £10 note and receive £4.75 in change. How much did I spend on the meal deal and the tub of cream

A child's cinema ticket costs £4.60 and an adult cinema ticket costs £8.55. If I spent a total of £26.30, which tickets did I purchase?

A child's cinema ticket costs £4.60 and an adult cinema ticket costs £8.55. If I received £27.65 from a £50 note, which tickets did I purchase?

Which of the set of numbers below have a mean of 6?

From the set of numbers below which does not have a mean of 8?

A footballer scores 3 goals in his first game, 5 goals in his second game and 1 goal in his third game. What is the average number of goals that he has scored across his games?

6 people have the following number of sweets: 3,8,5,8,6. If they were to share the sweets equally between them how many would they each get?

Yes, they have exactly the right amount of money

Tickets to the cinema cost £8 each. Five friends go and each friend has the following amount of money: £9,£11,£6,£7,£6 Do they have enough money between them to pay for 5 tickets?

Developing strategies to plan and solve problems

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