Adding Unlike Fractions (Different Denominators) Worksheets

Our printable adding unlike fractions worksheets have vowed that no student in 4th grade and 5th grade shall suffer while adding fractions with different denominators. The key is to stick to the steps of the operation to a tee. An indispensable bunch, these pdfs incorporate adding proper fractions, adding improper fractions, adding proper and improper fractions, and determining a missing fractional addend using the sum - all with unlike denominators. Lay your hands on some of these worksheets for free!

Adding Proper Fractions - Horizontal

Well-begun is half-done, and these pdf adding unlike fractions worksheets vouch for it! Add two proper fractions with single-digit and 2-digit numbers on the numerator as well as the denominator.

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Adding Proper Fractions - Vertical

Don't just learn but have the concept wrapped around your fingers with vertical or column addition! Convert the fractions with different denominators to like fractions; sum up the numerators; simplify your answers.

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Adding Improper Fractions - Horizontal

Never have students in grade 4 and grade 5 experienced such ease of adding improper fractions as in these pdf worksheets! To complete the addition equations, let them use this rule - a/b + c/d = (ad + bc) / bd.

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Adding Improper Fractions - Vertical

Try solving the problems here by implementing this strategy - figure out the least common multiple of the denominators, replace the given fractions with equivalent like fractions, and add them up.

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Adding Proper and Improper Fractions

Cheer up twice for the treasure of practice in this bundle of printable adding fractions with unlike denominators worksheets featuring both proper and improper fractions as addends. Follow the usual steps, and calculate the sum.

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Adding Unlike Fractions - All Fractions

A have-it-all set, this pdf has problems featuring unlike proper fractions, unlike improper fractions, unlike mixed numbers, or a mix of any 2 of these. Get the equivalent sum of fractions and simplify the results.

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Adding Proper Fractions - Missing Fraction

Which proper fraction when added to 1/3 gives 4/6? Yes, it's the selfsame 1/3! Practice finding missing addends with these 4th grade and 5th grade printables and answer such questions super-quick!

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Adding Improper Fractions - Missing Fraction

Rehearse finding the missing addends with this bunch of pdf worksheets on adding fractions with unlike denominators! Subtract the given fraction from the sum using the LCM of their denominators to arrive at the unknown.

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