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Adding Like Fractions

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Adding Like Fractions

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📊 Part 1: Adding Like Fractions

1. Add these fractions. Show your working using a fraction wall or number line in the box below:

3/8 + 2/8 = _______

2. Add these fractions that make more than one whole:

5/6 + 4/6 = _______ (improper fraction) = _______ (mixed number)

3. Add three fractions:

2/9 + 3/9 + 5/9 = _______ (improper fraction) = _______ (mixed number)

4. Choose the correct answer for 7/10 + 6/10:

13/10 or 1 3/10

13/20 or 1 3/20

7/10

1 6/10

🍕 Part 2: Real-Life Word Problems

5. Pizza Problem: Sarah ate 3/8 of a pizza and Tom ate 5/8 of the same pizza. How much pizza did they eat altogether? Did they eat more than one whole pizza?

Answer: _______

6. Chocolate Bar Problem: Emma ate 4/12 of a chocolate bar in the morning, 5/12 in the afternoon, and 6/12 in the evening. How much chocolate bar did she eat in total?

Answer as improper fraction: _______

Answer as mixed number: _______

7. Garden Problem: Dad planted vegetables in 2/5 of the garden and Mum planted flowers in 4/5 of the garden. What fraction of the garden did they use altogether?

Answer: _______

🎯 Part 3: Challenge Questions

8. Draw a number line from 0 to 2 and mark the answer to this addition: 6/8 + 7/8

Answer: _______

9. Which of these addition problems will give an answer greater than 1? Tick all that apply:

2/7 + 3/7

4/9 + 6/9

3/5 + 1/5

7/10 + 8/10

10. Explain in your own words: When you add fractions with the same denominator, what stays the same and what changes?

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