Filter by
Subjects
Subject categories
- (-) All subject categories (207)
- English (21)
- Language (16)
- Grammar, spelling and vocabulary (8)
- Literature (8)
- Pronunciation and spelling (8)
- Various topics (7)
- English (6)
- Geography (5)
- Reading (5)
- Grammar and vocabulary (4)
- Hazardous earth (4)
- History (4)
- Language basics (4)
- Seasonal resources (4)
- Society (4)
- Books and the arts (3)
- Prose (3)
- School and education (3)
- Science (3)
- Spelling (3)
- Writing skills (3)
- Character study (2)
- Chemistry (2)
- Environmental issues (2)
- Plate tectonics (2)
- Punctuation (2)
- Reading skills (2)
- Shakespeare for key stage 3 (2)
- Synonyms and antonyms (2)
- Writing for purpose and audience (2)
- American history (1)
- Animals (1)
- Animals, including humans (1)
- AQA SOW planner (1)
- Books (1)
- British studies (1)
- Calculation (1)
- Classroom management (1)
- Coasts (1)
- Connectors (1)
- Drama (1)
- Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) (1)
- Earth chemistry (1)
- Earth structure (1)
- Eileen Browne (1)
- Family, friends and relationships (1)
- Forces and magnets (1)
- Form and structure (1)
- Functional language and non-verbal communication (1)
- Geography (1)
- Health and science (1)
- Holidays and travel (1)
- House and home, town and country (1)
- KS3 scheme of work planner (1)
- Language analysis (1)
- Language analysis (1)
- Linking words and phrases (1)
- Literacy (1)
- Maths (1)
- Maths (1)
- Matter (1)
- Multiplication and division (1)
- Music and songs (1)
- Natural world and built environment (1)
- Negatives and questions (1)
- Norman England (1)
- Nouns and noun phrases (1)
- Number (1)
- Organisation and organ systems (1)
- Parent leaflets (1)
- Particle theory (1)
- Passive (1)
- Physical landscapes (1)
- Place knowledge (1)
- Planning (1)
- Plants (1)
- Plot (1)
- Poetry (1)
- Punctuation (1)
- Reading in the EYFS (1)
- Rural environments and issues (1)
- Setting (1)
- Setting and mood (1)
- Spoken English (1)
- Spoken language (1)
- Telling the time (1)
- Themes (1)
- Time (1)
- Tsunamis (1)
- Volcanoes (1)
- Women’s suffrage (1)
- Word classes (1)
- Writing narrative texts (1)
Key stage
Global tag
- (-) All global tags (66)
- Vocabulary learning (16)
- Writing (13)
- Speaking (8)
- Reading (7)
- William Shakespeare (3)
- 1 (2)
- Listening (2)
- Eileen Browne (1)
- Europe (1)
- Experimental skills (1)
- Frankenstein (1)
- Gothic (1)
- Handa's Surprise (1)
- Holes (1)
- Louis Sachar (1)
- Macbeth (1)
- Mary Shelley (1)
- Modern (1)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1)
- Pre-1900 (1)
- Reading (1)
- Romeo and Juliet (1)
Resource type
- Student activity (43)
- Worksheet (31)
- Teaching ideas (16)
- Game/quiz (14)
- Complete lesson (12)
- Display/posters (9)
- Knowledge organisers (6)
- Differentiated (5)
- Role play/debate/discussion (4)
- Starter/Plenary (4)
- Exam preparation (3)
- Revision (3)
- Teaching tools and tips (3)
- Templates (3)
- Presentation (2)
- First lesson (1)
- Form tutor (1)
- Homework (1)
- Icebreaker (1)
- Intervention (1)
- Lesson plan (1)
- Scheme of work (1)
- Self-assessment (1)
Exam board
Special Education Need SEND
Problem solving
Resources to teach problem solving skills
This collection of teaching resources aims to help children develop maths problem solving skills. It features word problems, maths challenges, problem-solving questions and a variety of worksheets and problem solving activities to help your primary school learners develop the problem solving strategies for real life contexts.
Why teach problem solving skills?
Problem solving is a skill that involves a variety of mathematical skills that will help children in real life. From addition and subtraction to fractions, decimals and percentages, we need problem-solving strategies to solve day-to-day problems involving time, money and measurement. Problem solving is an integral strand of the KS2 maths curriculum and children will be tested on their problem-solving skills in their SATs and onwards.
Have you seen our teaching packs for problem solving in maths?
If you’re teaching upper key stage 2, you may like our problem-solving teaching packs: Problem solving - number and Problem solving – measurement, geometry and statistics. Both packs comprise scaffolded word problems and differentiated activities based upon the relevant problem-solving objectives in the national curriculum. Or you may prefer Challenging maths, packed with maths mastery style questions, word problems and games to enrich your maths lessons and turn your year 5/6 class into true problem solvers!