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Fraction Addition Subtraction Worksheet

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Fraction Addition Subtraction Worksheet

Add or subtract the fractions. Show your working and simplify each answer where possible.

Same Denominators

1.Calculate 3/7 + 2/7. Give your answer in simplest form.
2.At a netball tournament, Ivy completed 4/9 of her warm-up before the first game and another 2/9 afterwards. What fraction of the warm-up did she complete altogether?
3.Bodhi had 8/11 of a sports drink bottle left. He drank 3/11 of the bottle. What fraction remains?

Related Denominators

4.Find 1/2 + 1/8. Write 1/2 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 8 before adding.
5.During a tournament break, Evie spent 2/3 of an hour practising passes and 1/6 of an hour stretching. How much time did she spend on both activities?
6.A team used 1/4 of its roll of strapping tape. What fraction of the roll remains unused?

Explain and Challenge

7.Calculate 5/6 - 1/4. Show how you rewrite the fractions with a common denominator.
8.Explain why 2/5 + 1/10 can be worked out by changing 2/5 to 4/10 first. Then give the sum.
9.In a netball tournament, 3/4 of the oranges were eaten during the morning and 1/6 were eaten during the afternoon. What fraction of the oranges was eaten altogether?

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