Year 6 Money Word Problems

**A ready-to-teach Year 6 money word problems lesson focused on solving missing number problems involving addition and subtraction in KS2 maths.

This lesson develops pupils’ ability to work backwards from totals to find the cost of individual items and solve multi-step money problems.**

This Year 6 maths lesson focuses on money word problems involving missing values and multi-step reasoning.

Pupils are given totals and partial information and must work backwards to find the cost of individual items. They solve problems involving one-step and two-step reasoning, including combinations of items and finding missing prices.

The lesson also includes more complex multi-step questions where pupils must use known values to deduce unknown costs and calculate change.

Teachers can use the included Smart Notebook input slides to model strategies clearly and guide pupils through structured examples before independent practice.

Pupils then complete a differentiated independent activity designed to support all learners while still providing appropriate challenge. The tasks develop confidence with money calculations, missing number problems and SATS-style reasoning questions.

This resource is ideal for Year 6 arithmetic revision, KS2 reasoning practice, SATS preparation, or targeted intervention sessions.

What’s Included
✔ Smart Notebook input slides for teacher modelling
✔ Differentiated independent worksheets (3 levels)
✔ Plenary task

Why Teachers Use This
✔ Ready-to-teach lesson with no planning required
✔ Builds confidence with missing number money problems
✔ Develops multi-step reasoning skills
✔ Supports SATS-style word problems
✔ Encourages working backwards strategies

Lesson Breakdown
✔ Input: Teacher modelling of missing value strategies
✔ Guided Practice: Solving one-step and two-step money problems
✔ Independent Task: Differentiated worksheets (3 levels)
✔ Plenary:Applying out of context