Year 5-6 Solving word problems - addition and subtraction
Therapy test 2
To support the solving word problem therapies for addition and
subtraction
Commissioned by The PiXL Club Ltd.
October 2019
This resource is strictly for the use of member schools for as
long as they remain members of The PiXL Club. It may not be copied,
sold nor transferred to a third party or used by the school after
membership ceases. Until such time it may be freely used within the
member school.
All opinions and contributions are those of the authors. The
contents of this resource are not connected with nor endorsed by
any other company, organisation or institution.
PiXL Club Ltd endeavour to trace and contact copyright owners.
If there are any inadvertent omissions or errors in the
acknowledgements or usage, this is unintended and PiXL will remedy
these on written notification
© Copyright The PiXL Club Limited, 2019
Therapy Test 2
Y5-6 Solving word problems – addition and subtraction
1. A school has 824 pencils. 3,783 more were ordered for the
year. If throughout the year 2,511 were used, how many pencils will
be available for the next school year?
2. A theme park has 16,372 visitors during June. Throughout
July, 8,264 visitors entered the theme park. In June, 4,678 of the
visitors were children. During July, 1,047 of the visitors were
children. How many adults visited the theme park during June and
July?
3. On Sunday morning, there were 14,576 spectators in the
football stadium. By lunchtime another 16,376 people had arrived to
watch the match. At half time 8,245 spectators left and went to get
food while another 2,576 went out to use the toilet. How many
people were still in the stadium at half time?
