Add Fractions from Pictures: Unlike Denominators
Read five pairs of shaded circles, find equivalent fractions with common denominators and add the amounts.
- Year groups
- Year 6 (Key Stage 2)
- Pages
- 1
- File type
- Subject
- Fractions, Addition, Addition and Subtraction, Maths
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Fractions (including decimals and percentages)
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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.
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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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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Fractions (including decimals and percentages) — add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Shaded fraction circles
- Equivalent fractions
- Common denominators
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