Year 5

Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator

Year 5

Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, learn about fraction fact families and how to cross from a part to a whole.

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is an improper fraction
Correct answer: Where the numerator is greater than the denominator
Where the numerator is less than the denominator
Where there is a whole and a fraction
Q2.
Which fraction is equivalent to one half
one quarter
one third
three quarters
Correct answer: two quarters
two thirds
Q3.
What is the missing denominator: two thirds is equivalent to four ____
fifths
fourths
Correct answer: sixths
thirds
Q4.
two eighths is equivalent to ___ (tick three)
four eighths
Correct answer: four sixteenths
one half
Correct answer: one quarter
Correct answer: three twelfths

4 Questions

Q1.
What is a mixed number fraction?
where the numerator is greater than the denominator
where the numerator is less than the denominator
Correct answer: Where there is a whole and a fraction
Q2.
Which fact is incorrect?
An image in a quiz
1
2
Correct answer: 3
4
none
Q3.
What is one third of a bag of sweets add two thirds of a bag of sweets? (tick two)
one third
Correct answer: one whole
three thirds
two thirds
Q4.
5 ¾ + 1 ¼
4 and a half
6
Correct answer: 7