Word Problems and Reasoning for Year 6

Over 40 pages containing more than 300 reasoning and problem solving activities for Year 6 with answers - enough to last an entire year.
The activities can be downloaded as PDFs or as editable Word documents.

Free samples of three of these resources are available from my shop:

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/decimals-reasoning-and-problem-solving-12201156

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/solving-length-problems-year-6-12201157

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/comparing-fractions-reasoning-and-problem-solving-12201154

These resources have been tried and tested with Year 6 pupils.

Problems often mirror SATs style questionning or else require pupils to explain their reasoning. These resources can be used in conjunction with White Rose schemes.

Topics covered:

Long multiplication
Short division
Long division
Factors and multiples
Order of operations
Reason from known facts
Equivalent fractions and simplification
Improper fractions and mixed numbers
Comparing fractions using a common denominator
Addition and subtraction of fractions
Addition and subtraction of fractions
Multiplication of fractions
Division of fractions
Position and direction
Decimals with 3 decimal places
Multiplication and division of decimals by integers
Converting between fractions and decimals
Equivalence of fractions, decimals and percentages
Finding percentages of amounts
Algebraic expressions and substitutions
Solving algebraic word problems
Solving equations
Enumerating possibilities
Reasoning and problem solving with measures
Solving length problems
Solving measurement problems
Problem solving with area and perimeter
Reasoning with area and perimeter
Area of triangles
Volume
The language of ratio
Recipe problems
Scale factors
Proportion problems
Angles