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Maths problem solving questions – KS2 lesson plan

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The need to prepare children for their times tables test often means that we overlook building their reasoning and problem-solving skills. This is to allow time to develop number fluency and recall.

However, NRICH’s curriculum-linked activities enable your learners to become more fluent alongside developing their reasoning and problem-solving skills.

In this maths problem solving questions lesson you’ll work through NRICH’s Shape Times Shape worksheet to practise and develop some of these underused skills. 

Maths problem solving questions KS2 learning objectives

  • Times tables facts  
  • Reasoning skills  
  • How to think about finding a way to a solution 
  • The idea of a symbol (in this case a shape) representing a number 

Make sure all the children can see the Shape Times Shape worksheet. You could display it on the board or give out copies of the printable sheet.

Try to say very little as you introduce the task. Just review what the problem itself states, then give learners a few minutes to think on their own. 

NRICH is a maths outreach project, which is a collaboration between the Faculties of Education and Mathematics, based at the University of Cambridge. NRICH resources are free for teachers to use with their classes. 

Maths problem solving questions lesson

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I See Problem-Solving - LKS2

The ebook i see problem-solving - lks2 helps to break down problem-solving for all children. build-up tasks, support prompts and worked examples enable children to develop understanding. there are also a range of extension tasks and reasoning prompts that allow children to explore ideas at greater depth. the ultimate resource for teaching problem-solving in y3/4.

I See Problem-Solving - LKS2 Sample provides 5 free sample tasks. Most tasks have a build task, main question , a support prompt and  explain and extend features to deepen the challenge. There are sometimes practise questions too. The  worked examples  model the solutions to the main tasks step-by-step - download below for free. The 54 tasks span all areas of the LKS2 maths curriculum. The purchase price is £30 (£25 + £5 VAT) for the PDF digital download.

I See Problem-Solving - LKS2 Worked Examples (PowerPoint)

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Each task starts with a  build prompt to introduce the key concepts, generate discussion and activate prior learning. Here are two example build tasks: 

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Now the children are ready for the main task . Often, complex mathematical concepts are explored with relatively small numbers. For many tasks there are multiple possible answers: some children will work to find an answer, whereas for others the challenge is knowing that they have found all possible answers. Here are two examples of the task prompt:

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Some children will need extra guidance to help them to complete a task. They can access the support prompt, which may give a useful visual representation or it might focus children's thinking on one particular aspect of the question, leading them to the key thought process. This allows children to access help whilst maintaining a feeling of independence. 

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Each task also has a range of  explain and extend tasks to allow children to explore the same ideas at greater depth. Children will need to find multiple answers, explain their thinking fully or apply their knowledge in a new way. These prompts step up the challenge and really deepen the thinking!

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The 54 tasks of I See Problem-Solving - LKS2 cover all areas of the LKS2 curriculum (children aged 7-9). The sale price is £30. When ordered, the PDF file is emailed direct to your inbox for your use.

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Maths Problem Solving Booklets

Maths Problem Solving Booklets

Subject: Mathematics

Age range: 11-14

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Maths problem solving booklets covering a wide range of mathematical problems designed to improve problem solving strategies as well as numeracy and mathematical ability.

Designed to be printed as A5 booklets.

Disclaimer: These are free because the problems are from a wide variety of sources, most of which I have forgotten. I am a maths problem magpie and collect maths problems wherever I find them. All I have done is bundled these ones up to make it convienent.

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Problem Solving

 A selection of resources containing a wide range of open-ended tasks, practical tasks, investigations and real life problems, to support investigative work and problem solving in primary mathematics.

Problem Solving in Primary Maths - the Session

Quality Assured Category: Mathematics Publisher: Teachers TV

In this programme shows a group of four upper Key Stage Two children working on a challenging problem; looking at the interior and exterior angles of polygons and how they relate to the number of sides. The problem requires the children to listen to each other and to work together co-operatively. The two boys and two girls are closely observed as they consider how to tackle the problem, make mistakes, get stuck and arrive at the "eureka" moment. They organise the data they collect and are then able to spot patterns and relate them to the original problem to find a formula to work out the exterior angle of any polygon. At the end of the session the children report back to Mark, explaining how they arrived at the solution, an important part of the problem solving process.

In a  second video  two maths experts discuss some of the challenges of teaching problem solving. This includes how and at what stage to introduce problem solving strategies and the appropriate moment to intervene when children find tasks difficult. They also discuss how problem solving in the curriculum also helps to develop life skills.

Cards for Cubes: Problem Solving Activities for Young Children

Quality Assured Category: Mathematics Publisher: Claire Publications

This book provides a series of problem solving activities involving cubes. The tasks start simply and progress to more complicated activities so could be used for different ages within Key Stages One and Two depending on ability. The first task is a challenge to create a camel with 50 cubes that doesn't fall over. Different characters are introduced throughout the book and challenges set to create various animals, monsters and structures using different numbers of cubes. Problems are set to incorporate different areas of mathematical problem solving they are: using maths, number, algebra and measure.

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Problem solving with EYFS, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two children

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These three resources, from the National Strategies, focus on solving problems.

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This selection of 5 resources is a mixture of problem-solving tasks, open-ended tasks, games and puzzles designed to develop students' understanding and application of mathematics.

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Designed for secondary learners, but could also be used to enrich the learning of upper primary children, looking for a challenge. These are open-ended tasks encourage children to apply and develop mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding and to integrate these in order to make decisions and draw conclusions.

Examples include:

*Every Second Counts - Using transport timetables, maps and knowledge of speeds to plan a route leading as far away from school as possible in one hour.

*Beach Guest House - Booking guests into appropriate rooms in a hotel.

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A collection of 40 investigations designed for use with the whole class or smaller groups. It is aimed at upper KS2 but some activities may be adapted for use with more able children in lower KS2. It covers different curriculum areas of mathematics.

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Starting Investigations

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25 Fun Maths Problems For KS2 And KS3 (From Easy To Very Hard!)

Fun maths problems are one of the things mathematicians love about the subject; they provide an opportunity to apply mathematical knowledge, logic and problem solving skills all at once.  In this article, we’ve compiled 25 fun maths problems, each covering various topics and question types. They’re aimed at students in KS2 & KS3. We’ve categorised them as:

Maths word problems

Maths puzzles, fraction problems, multiplication and division problems, geometry problems, problem solving questions, maths puzzles are everywhere, how should teachers use these maths problems.

Teachers could make use of these maths problem solving questions in a number of ways, such as:

  • embed into a relevant maths topic’s teaching.
  • settling tasks at the beginning of lessons.
  • break up or extend a maths worksheet.
  • keep students thinking mathematically after the main lesson has finished.

Some are based on real life or historical maths problems, and some include ‘bonus’ maths questions to help to extend the problem solving fun! As you read through these problems, think about how you could adjust them to be relevant to your students or to practise different skills. 

These maths problems can also be used as introductory puzzles for maths games such as those introduced at the following links:

  • KS2 maths games
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Need more support teaching reasoning, problem solving and planning for depth ? Read here for free CPD for you and your team of teachers.

1. Home on time – easy

Type: Time, Number, Addition

A cinema screening starts at 14:35. The movie lasts for 2 hours, 32 minutes after 23 minutes of adverts. It took 20 minutes to get to the cinema. What time should you tell your family that you’ll be home?

Answer: 17:50

2. A nugget of truth – mixed

Type: Times Tables, Multiplication, Multiples, Factors, Problem Solving 

Chicken nuggets come in boxes of 6, 9 or 20, so you can’t order 7 chicken nuggets. How many other impossible quantities can you find (not including fractions or decimals)?

Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, or 43

There is actually a theorem which can be used to prove that every integer quantity greater than 43 can be ordered.

3. A pet problem – mixed

Type: Number, Problem Solving, Forming and Solving Equations, Simultaneous Equations, Algebra

Eight of my pets aren’t dogs, five aren’t rabbits, and seven aren’t cats. How many pets do I have?

Answer: 10 pets (5 rabbits, 3 cats, 2 dogs)

4. The price of things – mixed

Type: lateral thinking problem

A mouse costs £10, a bee costs £15, and a spider costs £20. How much does a duck cost? Answer: £5 (£2.50 per leg)

Looking for more word problems, solutions and explanations? Read our article on word problems for primary school.

25 Fun Maths Problems - Printable

25 Fun Maths Problems - Printable

Download a printable version of these fun maths problems together with answers and mark scheme.

5. A dicey maths challenge – easy

Type: Place value, number, addition, problem solving

Roll three dice to generate three place value digits. What’s the biggest number you can make out of these digits? What’s the smallest number you can make?

Add these two numbers together. What do you get?

Answer: In most cases, 1,089.

Bonus: Who got a different result? Why?

6. PIN problem solving – mixed

Type: Logic, problem solving, reasoning

I’ve forgotten my PIN. Six incorrect attempts locks my account: I’ve used five! Two digits are displayed after each unsuccessful attempt: “2, 0” means 2 digits from that guess are in the PIN, but 0 are in the right place.

What should my sixth attempt be?

codebreakers maths problem

Answer: 6347

7. So many birds – mixed

Type: Triangular Numbers, Sequences, Number, Problem Solving

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave me one gift. On the second day they gave me another pair of gifts plus a copy of what they gave me on day one. On day 3, they gave me three new gifts, plus another copy of everything they’d already given me. If they keep this up, how many gifts will I have after twelve days?

Answer: 364

Bonus: This could be calculated as 1 + (1 + 2) + (1 + 2 + 3) + … but is there an easier way? What percentage of my gifts do I receive on each day?

8. I 8 sum maths questions – mixed

Type: Number, Place Value, Addition, Problem Solving, Reasoning

Using only addition and the digit 8, can you make 1,000? You can put 8s together to make 88, for example.

Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000 Bonus: Which other digits allow you to get 1,000 in this way?

9. Quizzical – easy

Type: Fractions, Adding Fractions, Equivalent Fractions, Fractions to Percentages

4 friends entered a maths quiz. One answered \frac{1}{5} of the maths questions, one answered \frac{1}{10} , one answered \frac{1}{4} , and the other answered \frac{4}{25} . What percentage of the questions did they answer altogether?

Answer: 71%

10. Ancient problem solving – mixed

Type: Fractions, Reasoning, Problem Solving

Ancient Egyptians only used unit fractions (like \frac{1}{2} , \frac{1}{3} or \frac{1}{4} ). For \frac{2}{3} , they’d write \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{3} . How might they write \frac{5}{8} ?

Answer: \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{8} is correct. So is \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{8} .

Bonus: Which solution is better? Why? Can you find any more? What if subtractions are allowed?

Learn more about unit fractions here

11. everybody wants a pizza the action – hard.

An infinite number of mathematicians buy pizza. The first wants \frac{1}{2} pizza. The second wants \frac{1}{4} pizza. The third & fourth want \frac{1}{8} and \frac{1}{16} each, and so on. How many pizzas should they order?

Answer: 1 Each successive mathematician wants a slice that is exactly half of what is left:

circle divided by fractions

12. Shade it black – hard

Type: Fractions, Reasoning, Problem Solving What fraction of this image is shaded black?

square divided into smaller squares

Answer: \frac{1}{3}

Look at the L-shaped part made up of two white and one black squares: \frac{1}{3} of this part is shaded. Zoom in on the top-right quarter of the image, which looks exactly the same as the whole image, and use the same reasoning to find what fraction of its L-shaped portion is shaded. Imagine zooming in to do the same thing again and again…

13. Giving is receiving – easy

Type: Number, Reasoning, Problem Solving

5 people give each other a present. How many presents are given altogether?

14. Sharing is caring – mixed

I have 20 sweets. If I share them equally with my friends, there are 2 left over. If one more person joins us, there are 6 sweets left. How many friends am I with?

Answer: 6 people altogether (so 5 friends!)

15. Times tables secrets – mixed

Type: Area, 2D Shape, Rectangles

Here are 77 letters:

BYHRCGNGNEOEAAHGHGCURPUTSTSASHHSBOBOREOPEEMEMEELATPEPEFADPHLTLTUT IEEOHOHLENRYTITIIAGBMTNTNFCGEIIGIG

How many different rectangular grids could you arrange all 77 letters into?

Answer: Four: 1⨉77, 77⨉1, 11⨉7 & 7⨉11. If the letters are arranged into one of these, a message appears, reading down each column starting from the top left.

Bonus: Can you find any more integers with the same number of factors as 77? What do you notice about these factors (think about prime numbers)? Can you use this system to hide your own messages?

16. Laugh it up – hard

Type: Multiples, Lowest Common Multiple, Times Tables, Division, Time

One friend jumps every \frac{1}{3} of a minute. Another jumps every 31 seconds. When will they jump together? Answer: After 620 seconds

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17. Pictures of matchstick triangles – easy

Type: 2D Shapes, Equilateral Triangles, Problem Solving, Reasoning

Look at the matchsticks arranged below. How many equilateral triangles are there?

match sticks arranged in triangles

Answer: 13 (9 small, 3 medium, 1 large)

Bonus: What if the biggest triangle only had two matchsticks on each side? What if it had four?

18. Dissecting squares – mixed

Type: Reasoning, Problem Solving

What’s the smallest number of straight lines you could draw on this grid such that each square has a line going through it?

3x3 square

19. Make it right – mixed

Type: Pythagoras’ theorem

This triangle does not agree with Pythagoras’ theorem. 

Adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing each of the side lengths by the same integer can fix it. What is the integer?

right angled triangle

Answer: 3 

8 – 3 = 5

The new side lengths are 3, 4 and 5 and  32 + 42 = 52.

20. A most regular maths question – hard

Type: Polygons, 2D Shapes, tessellation, reasoning, problem-solving, patterns

What is the regular polygon with the largest number of sides that will self-tessellate?

Answer: Hexagon.

Regular polygons tessellate if one interior angle is a factor of 360°. The interior angle of a hexagon is 120°. This is the largest factor less than 180°.

21. Pleased to meet you – easy

Type: Number Problem, Reasoning, Problem-Solving

5 people meet; each shakes everyone else’s hand once. How many handshakes take place?

Person A shakes 4 people’s hands. Person B has already shaken Person A’s hand, so only needs to shake 3 more, and so on.

Bonus: How many handshakes would there be if you did this with your class?

22. All relative – easy

Type: Number, Reasoning, Problem-Solving

When I was twelve my brother was half my age. I’m 40 now, so how old is he?

23. It’s about time – mixed

Type: Time, Reasoning, Problem-Solving

When is “8 + 10 = 6” true?

Answer: When you’re telling the time (8am + 10 hours = 6pm)

24. More than a match – mixed

Type: Reasoning, Problem-Solving, Roman Numerals, Numerical Notation

Here are three matches:

three matches

How can you add two more matches, but get eight? Answer: Put the extra two matches in a V shape to make 8 in Roman Numerals:

5 matches with two organised in v shape

25. Leonhard’s graph – hard

Type: Reasoning, Problem-Solving, Logic

Leonhard’s town has seven bridges as shown below. Can you find a route around the town that crosses every bridge exactly once?

river, islands and seven bridges

Answer: No!

This is a classic real life historical maths problem solved by mathematician Leonhard Euler (rhymes with “boiler”). The city was Konigsberg in Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Not being able to find a solution is different to proving that there aren’t any! Euler managed to do this in 1736, practically inventing graph theory in the process.

Many of these 25 maths problems are rooted in real life, from everyday occurrences to historical events. Others are just questions that might arise if you say “what if…?”. The point is that although there are many lists of such problem solving maths questions that you can make use of, with a little bit of experience and inspiration you could create your own on almost any topic – and so could your students. 

For a kick-starter on creating your own maths problems, read our article on KS3 maths problem solving .

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    Developing Excellence in Problem Solving with Young Learners. Age 5 to 11. Becoming confident and competent as a problem solver is a complex process that requires a range of skills and experience. In this article, Jennie suggests that we can support this process in three principal ways. Using NRICH Tasks to Develop Key Problem-solving Skills.

  3. Problem solving

    KS2; Problem solving. Part of Mathematics and Numeracy Processes in mathematics. Save to My Bitesize Remove from My Bitesize. The ability to problem solve and make decisions for ourselves is a key ...

  4. Maths Problem Solving KS2: Strategies & Resources

    Find out how we encourage children to approach problem solving independently in our blog: 20 Maths Strategies KS2 That Guarantee Progress for All Pupils. The most commonly used model is that of George Polya (1973), who proposed 4 stages in problem solving, namely: Understand the problem. Devise a strategy for solving it.

  5. Problem Solving Games for Key Stage 2 children

    Free problem solving maths games for KS2 children. Topmarks Search; Whiteboard Resources; Learning Games; Topmarks Apps; Topmarks Blog; Share this page: 3-5 Years; 5-7 Years; 7-11 Years; ... These resources provide fun, free problem solving teaching ideas and activities for primary aged children. They will help children to reason mathematically ...

  6. KS2 Problem Solving in Maths

    Our exciting KS2 teaching resources will help introduce your year 3, year 4, year 5, and year 6 students to problem-solving and reasoning topics. Be sure to take a look at our fun and engaging maths word problems, maths investigations, and maths games, which can all be used with the accompanying key stage 2 worksheets and activities. Our fun ...

  7. KS2 Maths Word Problems

    Challenge your children using our KS2 maths word problems resources. Here you can find a wide array of maths word problems from division to fractions and more. All are designed to help your Key Stage 2 pupils develop their problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging way! Choose from differentiated worksheets, challenge cards, fun activities ...

  8. Properties of Shapes KS2

    Sponge Sections. Age 7 to 11. Challenge Level. You have been given three shapes made out of sponge: a sphere, a cylinder and a cone. Your challenge is to find out how to cut them to make different shapes for printing.

  9. KS2 Maths Investigations For Real Life Problem Solving

    Benefits Of Maths Investigations At KS2. There are lots of benefits of course, but the most important as far as we're concerned are these: Pupils are required to talk and reason about their maths. The maths problem solving investigations cement higher order reasoning skills and problem solving. Starting early with Year 5 maths investigations ...

  10. KS2 Maths (Problem Solving)

    KS2 Maths (Problem Solving) These topic-focused SATs questions at the end of a unit will help to test and extend students' understanding as well as helping them to prepare for SATs next year. These questions have fully-worked solutions which can be displayed on a whiteboard making feedback with students more efficient.

  11. Maths problem solving questions

    Maths problem solving questions - KS2 lesson plan. Download Now. Primary Maths. Migration KS2 - Use news reports to explore vocab and stats. Negative numbers worksheet - Teaching negative numbers in KS2. Fractions of amounts worksheet - For KS2, including bar models. Equivalent fractions worksheet - Practice and problems for KS2.

  12. I See Problem-Solving

    I See Problem-Solving - LKS2 Sample provides 5 free sample tasks. Most tasks have a build task, main question, a support prompt and explain and extend features to deepen the challenge. There are sometimes practise questions too. The worked examples model the solutions to the main tasks step-by-step - download below for free.The 54 tasks span all areas of the LKS2 maths curriculum.

  13. Maths problem of the Day

    Practice is crucial to maths success, and our questions are designed to support your daily routines. These problems can be used across Y1 and Y2 throughout the year. Download. Our maths problems of the day provide four problems across KS1, KS2 and Lower KS3 for pupils to solve. View our Maths resources from White Rose Maths.

  14. KS2 Problem Solving in Maths

    KS2 Maths Problem-Solving Learning Materials Our exciting KS2 teaching resources will help introduce your year 3, year 4, year 5, and year 6 students to problem-solving and reasoning topics. Be sure to take a look at our fun and engaging maths word problems , maths investigations, and maths games , which can all be used with the accompanying ...

  15. Working Systematically at KS2

    This page has been superseded by our Working Systematically - Primary Teachers page. Scroll down to see our complete collection of KS2 problems that require children to work systematically, or explore the two sub-collections focusing on important aspects of systematic working. This collection is one of our Primary Curriculum collections - tasks ...

  16. Reasoning and Problem Solving Questions Collection

    pptx, 2.35 MB. pdf, 3.51 MB. These booklets each contain over 40 reasoning and problem solving questions suitable for KS1, KS2 and KS3 classes. These are the questions that we have been putting out each day in March 2016 on Twitter in the run up to SATS. The answers are provided with some simple notes at the back of the booklet and for some ...

  17. Maths Problem Solving Booklets

    Maths Problem Solving Booklets. Subject: Mathematics. Age range: 11-14. Resource type: Worksheet/Activity. File previews. pdf, 424.8 KB. pdf, 353.5 KB. Maths problem solving booklets covering a wide range of mathematical problems designed to improve problem solving strategies as well as numeracy and mathematical ability. Designed to be printed ...

  18. PDF KS2 Reasoning & Problem Solving Questions

    KS2 Reasoning and Problem Solving Questions ... Information This booklet contains over 40 reasoning and problem solving questions suitable for KS2 and KS3 classes. These are the questions that we have been putting out each day in March 2016 on Twitter in the run up to SATS. ... The White Rose Maths Hub Team . KS2

  19. Measurement

    Problem-solving Schools; About NRICH expand_more. About us; Impact stories; Support us; Our funders ... Advanced mathematics. Decision Mathematics and Combinatorics; Advanced Probability and Statistics ... Estimating, Comparing, Measuring KS2. This collection of KS2 tasks combines the skills of estimating, comparing and measuring. Age 5 to 7 ...

  20. Problem Solving

    Problems are set to incorporate different areas of mathematical problem solving they are: using maths, number, algebra and measure. Problem solving with EYFS, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two children ... It is aimed at upper KS2 but some activities may be adapted for use with more able children in lower KS2. It covers different curriculum areas ...

  21. 25 Fun Maths Problems For KS2 & KS3 (From Easy to Very Hard!)

    Fun maths problems are one of the things mathematicians love about the subject; they provide an opportunity to apply mathematical knowledge, logic and problem solving skills all at once. In this article, we've compiled 25 fun maths problems, each covering various topics and question types. They're aimed at students in KS2 & KS3.