Maths Word Problems

[RAB321]

I'm having difficulty finding maths words problems that are challenging for my daughter in Y5. Books and past papers have some but I would like to get her practising more.

Any idea where I can get some more?

An example of the type of problems are:

A class of 30 went to a school trip. Some had hot dinners costing £5. Some had packed lunches costing £3 each.

The total value of lunches was £110. How many children had hot food and how many had packed lunches?

The wording is a little mixed up but my daughter was able to answer this with no problems. I'm looking for more of these and harder.

[2Girlsmum]

Habs Boys sample papers are similar to the old Latymer ones.

[yoyo123]

google!

[Middlesexmum]

Just out of interest, how did your dd solve this? Algebra or trial and error?

[2Girlsmum]

Mltiples of 3x5 (15, 30, 45, 60) How many are left when subtracted from 110? Which combination makes the 30.

[aliportico]

Primary Maths Challenge questions, first and bonus rounds.

The 'Singapore' maths books such as My Pals Are Here have lots of word problems. You would want books 5 or 6 - there are text books which teach very good, non-algebraic, methods of solving them as well as having questions, or practice books and homework books which just have questions in.