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Unit Fractions Practice

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Unit Fractions Practice

Work through each section. Show your thinking where asked.

Find a unit fraction of a number

1.Find one-third of 18. Show how you worked it out.
2.A basket holds 24 feijoas. How many feijoas are one-quarter of the basket?
3.What is one-fifth of 30?
4.Find one-half of 26. You may use division or count in equal groups.

Work backwards to find the whole

5.One-third of a collection of shells is 5 shells. How many shells are in the whole collection?
6.One-fifth of a group of toy cars is 4 cars. How many toy cars are in the group altogether?
7.A chocolate bar is split into equal pieces. One-quarter of the bar is 4 pieces. How many pieces make the whole bar?

Choose and complete

8.Which number is one-third of 21?
  • 6
  • 7
  • 18
  • 63
9.One-quarter of a number is 8. What is the number?
  • 4
  • 12
  • 32
  • 36
10.Select every unit fraction.
  • 1/3
  • 2/5
  • 1/7
  • 3/4
  • 1/9
11.Fill each gap: A unit fraction has a numerator of . To find one-sixth of 24, divide 24 by . The result is .
12.Complete all three: One-quarter of is 6. One-third of 27 is . If one-half of a pile of apples is 8 apples, the whole pile has apples.

Show fractions with pictures

13.Draw 12 dots in equal groups to show one-third of 12. Circle the dots that make one-third.
14.Use the bar model to show that one-fifth of 25 is 5. Label each equal part with its value.

Match each calculation

15.Match each unit-fraction calculation to its answer. Answers may be used more than once.
  • One-half of 18
  • One-third of 24
  • One-quarter of 32
  • One-fifth of 40
  • 8
  • 8
  • 9
  • 8
16.Explain how you would find one-sixth of 48. Include the operation you would use and the answer.
17.One-quarter of the children at a picnic is 7 children. How many children are at the picnic altogether? Explain how you worked it out.

4 printable pages

  • Unit Fractions Practice, page 1 of 4: Find a unit fraction of a number

    Page 1

  • Unit Fractions Practice, page 2 of 4: Work backwards to find the whole, Choose and complete

    Page 2

  • Unit Fractions Practice, page 3 of 4: Show fractions with pictures

    Page 3

  • Unit Fractions Practice, page 4 of 4: Match each calculation

    Page 4

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