Maths Home Learning Spring 1
Bronze
Learning intention: To solve simple word problems involving adding and subtraction.
Steps to Success:
1. Read the problem
2. Write the correct calculation
3. Solve (+
or
-)
4. Is your answer sensible?
5. Write your answer
1. A spaceship costs 31p and the fuel costs 6p. How much does this cost in total?
2. An alien finds a 50p coin, then he finds a 20p coin. How much money does he have now?
3. An astronaut buys a new suit for £8. He pays with a twenty pound note. How much
change does he get?
4. There are 26 asteroids heading towards planet Mars. Luckily, 10 of them miss. How
many of them hit?
5. Neptune has 13 moons. Saturn has 63 moons. How many moons is this in total?
Optional extension: Write one space/money themed word problem of your own
Maths Home Learning Spring 1
Silver
Learning intention: To solve simple word problems involving all 4 operations.
Steps to Success:
1. Read the problem
2. Write the correct calculation (+
-
x
÷)
3. Solve the calculation (show workings out if necessary)
4. Is your answer sensible?
5. Write your answer
1. One spaceship costs £8. How much would 5 spaceships cost?
2. An astronaut wants to buy a new suit for £76. He only has a fifty pound note. How
much more money does he need?
3. 28 aliens want to invade planet Earth. They get into four equal groups so that they can
invade from the North, South, East and West. How many aliens are in each group?
4. An alien buys a mars bar for 28p and a packet of space invaders crisps for 46p. How
much has the alien spent in total?
5. There are 59 asteroids heading towards planet Mars. Luckily, 28 of them miss. How
many of them hit?
Optional extension: Write one space/money themed word problem of your own
Maths Home Learning Spring 1
Gold
Learning Intention: to solve more complex word problems involving all 4 operations
Steps to Success:
1. Read the problem
2. Write the correct calculation (+
-
x
÷)
3. Solve the calculation (show workings out if necessary)
4. Is your answer sensible?
5. Write your answer
1. A toy spaceship costs 35p. You must pay for it exactly using 5 coins. Which coins could
you use?
2. 32 asteroids are heading for Jupiter. A quarter of them miss, how many hit Jupiter?
3. An astronaut needs a new space suit. It costs £43 and she pays with three twenty pound
notes. How much change should she get?
4. Jupiter has 67 moons. Neptune has 13 moons. How many more moons does Jupiter have
than Neptune?
5. 5 aliens can fit in a spaceship. There are 22 aliens ready to go on their mission, how
many spaceships are needed?
Optional extension: Write one space/money themed word problem of your own