Year 5 · Maths

Solve Four Operations Problems

Year 5 learners practise solving money problems with the four operations.

The activities include Add Pounds and Pence, Calculate the Cost of Shopping, Carry Out Calculations to Solve Shopping Problems, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Add Pounds and Pence
Calculate the Cost of Shopping
Carry Out Calculations to Solve Shopping Problems
Convert Mixed Measurements to Grams
Practise Solving Word Problems Involving Measures
Practise Subtracting Pounds and Pence
Practise Using the Four Operations to Solve Problems Involving Measures
Solve Problems Involving Measures
Solve Problems Using the Four Operations
Use Division and Multiplication to Work Out Amounts in a Half Price Sale
Use Division Skills to Calculate Unit Prices
Use Knowledge of Money and Change to Solve Problems
Use the Four Operations to Solve Problems Involving Measures

Checked learning resources

Add Money | KS2 Maths Concept Video

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Add Money | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: add the given amounts of money and write their answers in pounds.
Solve Problems with Money | KS2 Maths Concept Video

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Solve Problems with Money | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: work out the total cost of items bought from the vegetable counter of a shop
Pounds and Pence | KS2 Maths Concept Video

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Pounds and Pence | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: work out the cost of items they might need for school.
Converting Units: Kilograms and Kilometres | KS2 Maths Concept Video

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Converting Units: Kilograms and Kilometres | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: carry out calculations of masses giving their answers in gr
Converting Units: Calculate with Metric Measures | KS2 Maths Concept Video

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Converting Units: Calculate with Metric Measures | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: solve some word problems involving measures.
Subtract Money | KS2 Maths Concept Video

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Subtract Money | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: subtract the given amounts of money, giving their answers in pounds.
How to Teach Measurement in Year 5: Solve Problems Using Four Operations Video CPD

Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

How to Teach Measurement in Year 5: Solve Problems Using Four Operations Video CPD is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: solve wordy problems.
Money

BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

Free KS2 explanation and worked examples support the exact Year 5 skill in "Add Pounds and Pence": add the given amounts of money and write their answers in pounds.