Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division - Multi-step Questions - Worksheet

The lesson on multi-step problems is designed to enhance Year 6 students' proficiency in solving complex addition and subtraction questions within various contexts. The National Curriculum objective for this lesson is to enable students to determine the appropriate operations and methods for solving multi-step problems and to understand the reasoning behind their choices. To facilitate learning, differentiated worksheets and teaching slides are provided as resources. The vocabulary for the lesson includes terms such as 'add and subtract', 'multi-step problems', and 'operations', ensuring students are familiar with the key language used in the lesson.

During the lesson, students will apply their knowledge of addition and subtraction to tackle multi-step problems that come in different forms, such as bar models and word problems. They will be encouraged to identify the key vocabulary and essential information within a problem, represent the information using models, and select the correct operations to find a solution. The worksheets are tailored to different levels of understanding: 'Working Towards', 'Working Within', and 'Greater Depth'. These levels challenge students to find consecutive numbers based on their sum, or to calculate numbers with known sums and differences, with some numbers being multiples of 10. Additionally, the lesson includes reasoning and problem-solving tasks to further develop students' analytical skills.