Add and Subtract any Two Fractions Supporting Activity

Practical
Teacher-led
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Teach children how to add and subtract fractions in a fun and practical way with this Year 6 Add and Subtract any Two Fractions Supporting Activity. The resource includes a teacher-led activity that involves children rolling dice to generate fractions.

Use in class as part of your teaching or as an intervention! The choice is yours. We recommend using our other resources for this lesson, too, which include a modelling PowerPoint, a varied fluency worksheet and a reasoning and problem-solving worksheet.

This resource is designed to align to White Rose Maths version 3. Classroom Secrets Limited is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way connected to White Rose Education Limited. Our products are original to Classroom Secrets Limited and any reference to White Rose Maths is solely for the purpose of indicating compatibility and does not imply any association with White Rose Education.


Curriculum Objectives

  • Use common factors to simplify fractions; use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination
  • Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions
  • Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts

Tags

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

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