Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

Convert fifteen improper fractions to mixed numbers, connecting division with the whole-number and fractional parts.
Year groups
Years 5–6 (Key Stage 2)
Pages
1
File type
PDF

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
Fractions, Numbers, Maths
Resource types
Worksheets
England expectations
Official curriculum expectation · Fractions (including decimals and percentages)

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About this resource

This mixed-numbers worksheet provides 15 improper fractions to convert, with a partial worked setup for the first item. Students use quotient and remainder to write an equivalent mixed number. No answer key is included.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Convert improper fractions into mixed numbers
  • Interpret quotient and remainder in fraction form
  • Preserve the original denominator in the fractional part

Teaching tips

  • Write the division statement beside an early item to show where each mixed-number part comes from.
  • Multiply the whole number back and add the numerator remainder to check equivalence.

Skills covered

  • Division interpretation — use the quotient as the whole number and remainder as the fractional numerator.

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National Curriculum in England

National Curriculum in England expectations

England expectations

  • Official curriculum expectation · Fractions (including decimals and percentages) — 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, [Fraction:2/5]+[Fraction:4/5] = [Fraction:6/5] = 1 [Fraction:1/5] ]

Core concepts

  • Mixed numbers
  • Improper fractions
  • Division

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