Adding Fractions with Pictures – Practice Worksheet

Students write fractions for shaded circles, find common denominators and add the amounts.
Grades
Grade 5, Elementary
Pages
1
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
Math, Fractions
Topic
Adding fractions, Fraction models
Resource types
Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation
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Standards
5.NF.A.1

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From the author

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 math.

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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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • 5.NF.A.1

Core concepts

  • Shaded fraction circles

  • Equivalent fractions

  • Common denominators

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