Y5

Maths

Add Fractions with a Total Greater than 1 Reasoning and Problem Solving

Worksheet
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If you're looking for an easy way to get your class practising adding fractions that have a sum of more than 1, this Year 5 Add Fractions with a Total Greater than 1 worksheet is what you've been searching for! Differentiated three ways, with two reasoning and four problem-solving questions on each sheet, there's something for every child in this pack.

There's a little something for you too, with a time-saving answer sheet included. Great for making marking simpler and faster, but also useful as an aid to self- and peer-marking in class! So, why not grab this sheet and the corresponding modelling PowerPoint for this lesson (which introduces all the questions) and spend the prep time you've saved on something more fun?


Curriculum Objectives

  • Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements > 1 as a mixed number [for example, 2/5 + 4/5 = 6/5 = 1 1/5 ]
  • Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number