Add Fractions from Pictures: Unlike Denominators

Read five pairs of shaded circles, find equivalent fractions with common denominators and add the amounts.
Year levels
Year 5
Pages
1
File type
PDF

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
Fractions, Addition, Addition and Subtraction, Maths
Resource types
Worksheets

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About this resource

This Adding Fractions Pictures Worksheet is a great resource for students who are visual learners. Adding fractions with unlike denominators can be tricky, but this worksheet uses pictures to help students understand the concept. This is a great tool for any teacher who wants to help their students succeed in maths.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read shaded-circle diagrams as fractions
  • Rewrite unlike-denominator fractions with a common denominator
  • Add equivalent fractions to find each sum

Teaching tips

  • Count the equal parts in each circle before recording its shaded fraction.
  • Have learners write equivalent fractions with a common denominator before adding; the original circle pairs have different partitions.

Skills covered

  • Fraction models — read the shaded portion and total equal parts in each circle.
  • Equivalent fractions — rewrite each pair with a common denominator.
  • Fraction addition — add the equivalent fractions and record the sum.

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Core concepts

Core concepts

  • Shaded fraction circles
  • Equivalent fractions
  • Common denominators

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