Y5 Maths

Add 3 or More Fractions Lesson

This Year 5 Add 3 or More Fractions lesson covers the prior learning of adding fractions within one, before moving onto the main skill of adding 3 (or more) fractions.

The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.

National Curriculum Objective
Mathematics Year 5: (5F4) Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of adding fractions within one, before moving onto the main skill of add 3 or more fractions. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.

PowerPoint from the old Resource Pack
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Modelling PowerPoint

Modelling PowerPoint

This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.

1 Prior Learning

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This worksheet recaps prior learning of adding fractions within one, before moving onto the main skill of adding 3 (or more) fractions.

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Video Tutorial

Video Tutorial

Jade demonstrates how to add one fraction to another when they have different denominators in this Add Fractions Within 1 Video Tutorial.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 5 Add Fractions Within 1 Game checks pupils' understanding of adding fractions within 1 where the denominators are multiples the same number.

2 Varied Fluency

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of this lesson.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 5 Add 3 or More Fractions Game is designed to check pupils’ understanding of adding 3 (or more) fractions together where the fractions have different denominators that are multiples of the same number.

2 Reasoning & Problem Solving

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Mixed Practice

Mixed Practice

This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of add 3 or more fractions.

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

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Discussion Problem

Discussion Problem

This worksheet includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 5 Add 3 or More Fractions Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of adding 3 (or more) fractions where the denominators are different.

2 Homework

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

2 Additional Activities

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Year 5 Fractions Consolidation Steps 7, 8 and 9

Year 5 Fractions Consolidation Steps 7, 8 and 9

Guiseppe the pizza maker’s niece (Chiara) and Barney the baker’s nephew (Tom) have come to visit. Guiseppe and Barney decide to break for lunch and take a walk around the rest of the food market.

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Consolidation Pack

Consolidation Pack

These Fractions worksheets are fantastic at helping your pupils practice their reasoning and problem solving skills. This pack contains two different question types for Year 5 Spring Block 2.