Addition and Subtraction in Real-Life Situations: Interactive Quizzes for Year 6 Maths

Question 1

A shop has 35 apples. They sell 17 apples. How many apples do they have left?

Accepted Answer

23

Answer

18

Answer

35

Answer

52

Question 2

There are 28 children in a class. 7 children go to the library. How many children are left in the classroom?

Accepted Answer

21

Answer

28

Answer

35

Answer

42

Question 3

A school has 123 pupils in Year 6 and 145 pupils in Year 5. How many pupils are there in total?

Accepted Answer

258

Answer

268

Answer

278

Answer

288

Question 4

A shop has 35 apples. They sell 10 apples in the morning. How many apples do they have left?

Accepted Answer

25

Answer

30

Answer

35

Answer

40

Question 5

A shop sells apples for 50 pence each. How much will it cost to buy 6 apples?

Accepted Answer

£2.00

Answer

£1.50

Answer

£2.50

Answer

£3.00

Question 6

A rectangular garden is 5 metres long and 3 metres wide. What is the total distance around the garden?

Accepted Answer

24 metres

Answer

8 metres

Answer

16 metres

Answer

30 metres

Question 7

A car travels 120 miles in 2 hours. What is the car's average miles-per-hour during this trip?

Accepted Answer

60 mph

Answer

40 mph

Answer

80 mph

Answer

100 mph

Question 8

A fruit shop has 24 apples and 18 oranges. After selling 12 apples and 6 oranges, how many pieces of fruit are left in the shop?

Accepted Answer

30 pieces of fruit

Answer

24 pieces of fruit

Answer

36 pieces of fruit

Question 9

A class has 24 children. 12 more children join the class. How many children are in the class now?

Accepted Answer

36

Answer

12

Answer

24

Answer

48

Question 10

A farmer had 24 sheep and 18 cows. He sold 10 sheep and bought 6 cows. How many animals does he have now?

Accepted Answer

38

Answer

32

Answer

42

Answer

46

Question 11

A farmer has 12 sheep in one field and 8 sheep in another field. How many sheep does he have in total?

Accepted Answer

24 sheep

Answer

14 sheep

Answer

20 sheep

Answer

32 sheep

Question 12

A rectangular garden is 10 meters long and 5 meters wide. What is the perimeter of the garden?

Accepted Answer

25 meters

Answer

15 meters

Answer

20 meters

Answer

30 meters

Question 13

A farmer has 12 sheep in his field. He sells 5 sheep to the butcher. How many sheep does he have left?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

5

Answer

17

Answer

12

Question 14

A shop has 15 apples. They sell 7 apples in the morning and 4 apples in the afternoon. How many apples do they have left?

Accepted Answer

11

Answer

8

Answer

4

Answer

18

Question 15

Jack has 12 marbles. He loses 5 marbles while playing. How many marbles does he have left?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

17

Answer

12

Answer

5

Question 16

A train leaves London with 30 passengers. At the first stop, 12 passengers get off and 8 passengers get on. How many passengers are on the train now?

Accepted Answer

26

Answer

20

Answer

18

Answer

42

Question 17

The baker started with 18 cupcakes. He used 6 to make a cake. How many cupcakes does he have left?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

11

Answer

12

Answer

13

Question 18

A train travels 120 miles in 2 hours. What is the average speed of the train?

Accepted Answer

60mph

Answer

50mph

Answer

70mph

Answer

80mph

Question 19

A train leaves London with 280 passengers. At the next stop, 55 passengers disembark and 60 passengers board. How many passengers are on the train now?

Accepted Answer

295

Answer

275

Answer

285

Answer

305

Question 20

A rectangular garden has a length of 8 metres and a width of 5 metres. What is the perimeter of the garden?

Accepted Answer

32 metres

Answer

13 metres

Answer

26 metres

Answer

40 metres

Question 21

A shop has 240 apples. The shop sells one-third of the apples. How many apples does the shop have left?

Accepted Answer

120 apples

Answer

80 apples

Answer

160 apples

Answer

200 apples

Question 22

A garden is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is the perimeter of the garden?

Accepted Answer

24 meters

Answer

10 meters

Answer

20 meters

Answer

30 meters

Question 23

A car travels 120 miles in 2 hours. What is the average speed of the car?

Accepted Answer

60 mph

Answer

40 mph

Answer

80 mph

Answer

100 mph

Question 24

A bag of sweets has 24 sweets. If you share them equally among 4 friends, how many sweets will each friend get?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

8

Answer

10

Question 25

A fruit vendor has 25 oranges and sells 10 of them. How many oranges does he have left?

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

10

Answer

35

Answer

5

Question 26

A shop sells 24 apples in the morning and 15 apples in the afternoon. How many apples did they sell in total?

Accepted Answer

39

Answer

9

Answer

11

Question 27

A fruit vendor has some oranges. He buys 12 more oranges and now has 27 oranges. How many oranges did he have to start with?

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

9

Answer

45

Answer

39

Question 28

A farmer has 25 sheep. He buys 12 more sheep. How many sheep does he have altogether?

Accepted Answer

37

Answer

13

Answer

35

Answer

47

Question 29

A fruit vendor sold 15 apples on Monday and 22 apples on Tuesday. How many apples were sold in total?

Accepted Answer

37

Answer

47

Answer

35

Answer

7

Question 30

A school has 350 students. 125 new students join the school. How many students are there in total now?

Accepted Answer

475

Answer

450

Answer

225

Answer

575

Question 31

A library has 450 books. 150 books are borrowed. How many books are left in the library?

Accepted Answer

300

Answer

350

Answer

200

Answer

600

Question 32

A farmer has 24 cows. He sells 10 cows. How many cows does he have left?

Accepted Answer

14

Answer

10

Answer

34

Answer

20

Question 33

A shop sells 200 pens on Monday and 150 pens on Tuesday. How many pens does the shop sell in total?

Accepted Answer

350

Answer

50

Answer

300

Answer

450

Question 34

A school has 400 students. 120 new students join the school and 50 students leave the school. How many students are there in the school now?

Accepted Answer

470

Answer

520

Answer

350

Answer

420

Question 35

A farmer has 24 sheep. He buys 12 more and then sells 5. How many sheep does he have now?

Accepted Answer

31

Answer

41

Answer

17

Answer

35

Question 36

A shop sells 150 apples on Monday, 220 apples on Tuesday, and 180 apples on Wednesday. How many apples does the shop sell in total?

Accepted Answer

550

Answer

650

Answer

450

Answer

250

Question 37

A box contains 50 chocolates. 18 of them are milk chocolate. How many chocolates are dark chocolate?

Accepted Answer

32

Answer

22

Answer

68

Answer

18

Question 38

A library has 145 books. They acquire 72 additional books. How many books do they have in total now?

Accepted Answer

217

Answer

113

Answer

157

Answer

207

Question 39

A baker has 35 cupcakes and makes another 28. He then sells 17 cupcakes. How many cupcakes does he have left?

Accepted Answer

46

Answer

53

Answer

36

Answer

70

Question 40

A school trip costs £250. If 15 students each contribute an equal amount, how much does each student pay?

Accepted Answer

£16.67

Answer

£25

Answer

£15

Question 41

A farmer has 85 sheep and buys another 27.  He then sells 12 sheep to a neighbour. How many sheep does he have now?

Accepted Answer

100

Answer

110

Answer

70

Answer

90

Question 42

A shop has 56 bottles of juice. They sell 23 bottles on Monday and 18 on Tuesday. How many bottles are left?

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

41

Answer

25

Answer

35

Question 43

Sarah wants to buy a bike that costs £120. She saves £35 each week. How many weeks will it take her to save enough money?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

2

Answer

4

Answer

5

Question 44

A train leaves London at 9:30 am and arrives in Manchester at 12:15 pm. How long does the journey take?

Accepted Answer

2 hours 45 minutes

Answer

2 hours 15 minutes

Answer

3 hours 15 minutes

Answer

3 hours 45 minutes

Question 45

A recipe for cake requires 150g of flour. If I want to make half the amount of cake, how much flour do I need?

Accepted Answer

75g

Answer

200g

Answer

100g

Answer

50g

Question 46

A shop owner bought 12 boxes of oranges. Each box contains 24 oranges. If he sells 150 oranges, how many are left?

Accepted Answer

108

Answer

96

Answer

120

Answer

138

Question 47

A family drove 215 miles on Monday and 187 miles on Tuesday.  How much further did they drive on Monday?

Accepted Answer

28 miles

Answer

10 miles

Answer

18 miles

Answer

38 miles

Question 48

A library has 450 books. 120 books are fiction and 180 are non-fiction. How many books are neither fiction nor non-fiction?

Accepted Answer

150

Answer

300

Answer

230

Answer

270

Question 49

A baker had 275g of flour. He used some flour to make bread and had 128g left. How much flour did he use?

Accepted Answer

147g

Answer

153g

Answer

403g

Answer

393g

Question 50

Sarah had £15.50. Her friend gave her £3.75. How much money does Sarah have now?

Accepted Answer

£19.25

Answer

£12.75

Answer

£19.15

Answer

£18.25

Question 51

There are 137 children in Year 5 and 124 children in Year 6.  What is the total number of children in Years 5 and 6?

Accepted Answer

261

Answer

13

Answer

251

Question 52

A farmer had 356 apples. He sold 189. How many apples are left?

Accepted Answer

167

Answer

233

Answer

545

Answer

177

Question 53

Tom needs to collect 500 stamps. He already has 387 stamps. How many more stamps does Tom need?

Accepted Answer

113

Answer

887

Answer

117

Answer

123

Question 54

A shop sold 245 chocolate ice creams and 178 strawberry ice creams. How many ice creams were sold altogether?

Accepted Answer

423

Answer

67

Answer

313

Answer

413

Question 55

Emily bought a book for £7.85 and a pen for £2.99.  How much did she spend in total?

Accepted Answer

£10.84

Answer

£4.86

Answer

£10.74

Answer

£9.84

Question 56

A train journey is 235 miles long.  The train has already travelled 118 miles. How many more miles does the train need to travel?

Accepted Answer

117 miles

Answer

127 miles

Answer

353 miles

Answer

113 miles

Question 57

A baker made 48 cupcakes. He wants to put them equally into boxes of 6. How many boxes will he need?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

42

Answer

54

Answer

7

Question 58

David is 135cm tall. His brother, Liam, is 118cm tall. What is the difference in their height?

Accepted Answer

17cm

Answer

27cm

Answer

253cm