Year 5/6 Enterprise Maths Business Challenge Project

Year 5/6 enterprise maths project using budgeting, profit and money skills. Includes SEND-friendly worksheets, AI judging and certificates.

Bring maths to life with this engaging and highly motivating Year 5/6 enterprise challenge! In this cross-curricular maths and business project, pupils work in pairs to create their own mini business using a £20 budget, with the aim of making the highest possible profit. Perfect for upper KS2 maths, reasoning, financial literacy, or enterprise week activities.

This resource develops key maths skills through a real-life context, helping pupils apply addition, subtraction, multiplication, budgeting and profit calculations in a meaningful and memorable way. Pupils must carefully plan costs, set realistic prices, calculate income and profit, and justify their decisions mathematically before pitching their ideas to an AI “business judge”.

The lesson is designed for mixed-ability Year 5 and Year 6 classes and includes strong adaptive teaching and SEND-friendly scaffolds throughout. The resource uses a dyslexia-friendly font and includes scaffolded worksheets, sentence starters, vocabulary support, and differentiated challenge tasks.

Perfect for:

Year 5 maths
Year 6 maths
Enterprise projects
Financial literacy lessons
Maths reasoning
Budgeting and profit
Functional maths
End-of-term projects
Cross-curricular maths
Oracy and presentation skills
SEND and mixed-attainment classrooms

What’s included:

Full teacher lesson plan
30-minute lesson structure
Optional extension for a 60-minute lesson
Differentiated pupil worksheets (Worksheet A and Worksheet B)
SEND-friendly scaffolded activities
Dyslexia-friendly formatting/font
Price list handout with visual supports
AI judging prompt for ChatGPT or Claude
Assessment guidance
Plenary questions
Differentiation ideas for SEND, EAL and higher-attaining pupils
Printable winner certificates

Maths skills covered:

Addition and subtraction within a budget
Calculating profit and income
Multiplication in real-life contexts
Scaling costs and revenue
Mathematical reasoning and justification
Problem solving
Percentage profit margin (extension)

This resource is especially effective for increasing engagement in maths through real-world application and collaborative learning. Pupils love the competitive “Dragon’s Den” style format and the opportunity to pitch to an AI judge.

File types included:

PowerPoint / PPT
PDF worksheets
Printable certificates
Editable lesson materials

Suitable for:

KS2
Year 5
Year 6
Mixed ability classes
SEND-inclusive classrooms
Enterprise week
Maths enrichment activities
Cover lessons or end-of-term projects

A fun, practical and highly engaging maths challenge that builds confidence, reasoning and teamwork while making financial maths meaningful for children.