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Celeste International School

Grade 5 · Worksheet

Addition and subtraction (2)

Adding & subtracting fractions

Name: ______________________________Date: ______________Score: ______ / 20
  1. 1.

    What is 1/2 + 1/3?

    1. A2/5
    2. B5/6
    3. C2/6
    4. D5/5
  2. 2.

    What is 1/4 + 1/8?

    1. A2/12
    2. B1/6
    3. C3/8
    4. D2/8
  3. 3.

    What is 1/3 + 1/4?

    1. A2/7
    2. B7/12
    3. C2/12
    4. D1/7
  4. 4.

    What is 1/2 + 1/10?

    1. A3/5
    2. B2/12
    3. C1/6
    4. D2/10
  5. 5.

    What is 1/6 + 1/5?

    1. A2/11
    2. B11/30
    3. C2/30
    4. D1/11
  6. 6.

    What is 3/4 − 1/6?

    1. A2/2
    2. B7/12
    3. C2/12
    4. D5/12
  7. 7.

    What is 1/2 − 1/6?

    1. A1/3
    2. B0/4
    3. C1/4
    4. D2/6
  8. 8.

    What is 9/5 + 3/4?

    1. A2 11/20
    2. B1 11/20
    3. C2 1/20
    4. D3 11/20
  9. 9.

    What is 5/6 + 1/2?

    1. A1 1/3
    2. B1 1/6
    3. C4/6
    4. D1 1/2
  10. 10.

    Leroy colours 1/6 and 1/4 of a circle. What fraction of the circle has he coloured altogether?

    1. A2/10
    2. B5/12
    3. C2/24
    4. D1/5
  11. 11.

    In Nailah's class, 1/3 voted for the theme park and 1/5 voted for the zoo. What fraction voted for one of these two?

    1. A8/15
    2. B2/8
    3. C2/15
    4. D1/4
  12. 12.

    What is the smallest common denominator for 1/2 and 1/3?

  13. 13.

    What is the smallest common denominator for 1/6 and 1/5?

  14. 14.

    To add 1/2 and 1/3 you first make them have the same denominator.

    True False
  15. 15.

    Which symbol makes this true? 2 __ 19

    1. A<
    2. B>
    3. C=
  16. 16.

    Which symbol makes this true? 5 __ 18

    1. A<
    2. B>
    3. C=
  17. 17.

    Which symbol makes this true? 19 __ 5

    1. A<
    2. B>
    3. C=
  18. 18.

    Which symbol makes this true? 19 __ 4

    1. A<
    2. B>
    3. C=
  19. 19.

    Which symbol makes this true? 20 __ 10

    1. A<
    2. B>
    3. C=
  20. 20.

    14 is less than 13.

    True False
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Answer key

Addition and subtraction (2) — Adding & subtracting fractions

  1. 1.B. 5/6
  2. 2.C. 3/8
  3. 3.B. 7/12
  4. 4.A. 3/5
  5. 5.B. 11/30
  6. 6.B. 7/12
  7. 7.A. 1/3
  8. 8.A. 2 11/20
  9. 9.A. 1 1/3
  10. 10.B. 5/12
  11. 11.A. 8/15
  12. 12.6
  13. 13.30
  14. 14.True
  15. 15.A. <
  16. 16.A. <
  17. 17.B. >
  18. 18.B. >
  19. 19.B. >
  20. 20.False