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KS2 Maths Word Problems Practice Questions

Practise maths word problems for the Year 6 KS2 SATs reasoning papers — multi-step questions that combine the four operations with money, measures and fractions. Every question is marked instantly with a worked explanation that shows each step. Free, with no sign-up.

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Question 1

A bus ticket costs £1.80 each journey. Priya makes 2 journeys a day, 5 days a week, for 3 weeks. How much does she spend in total?

Question 2

576 apples are packed equally into 24 boxes. How many apples are in each box?

Question 3

Zara earns £8.50 per hour. She works for 6.5 hours on Saturday. How much does she earn in total?

Question 4

There are 480 pupils in a school. Three-eighths of them walk to school. How many pupils walk to school?

Question 5

A family of 2 adults and 3 children go to the cinema. Adult tickets cost £8.40 each and child tickets cost £5.60 each. What is the total cost for the family?

Question 6

Amira has 48 sweets. She shares them equally among 6 friends. How many sweets does each friend get?

Question 7

A baker uses 3/4 of a bag of flour. The bag contains 120 g. How many grams does the baker use?

Question 8

Concert tickets cost £12.50 each. Mrs Khan buys 8 tickets. How much does she spend?

Question 9

25% of 320 is ___.

Question 10

A train departs at 08:45 and the journey takes 2 hours 40 minutes. At what time does it arrive?

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