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Sewing Club Fractions: Ribbon, Felt, and Lace

Grade 5 sewing club practice adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators using common denominators.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.NF.A.1

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators by finding a common denominator.
  • Students add and subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators, regrouping when needed.
  • Students use benchmark fractions to decide if a sum is less than or greater than 1.

How to use

Use after teaching equivalent fractions and common denominators. Encourage students to rewrite both fractions with the same denominator before they add or subtract.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NF.A.1

Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators, including mixed numbers.

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Sewing Club Fractions: Ribbon, Felt, and Lace

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators.

Ribbon and felt

Find a common denominator, then add or subtract. Write each answer as a fraction or a mixed number.

1.
Grace uses 1/2 yard of red ribbon and 1/3 yard of blue ribbon. How much ribbon does she use in all?

1/2 + 1/3 =   yard

2.
A strip of felt is 3/4 foot long. Ravi cuts off 1/6 foot. How long is the strip now?

3/4 − 1/6 =   foot

3.

2/5 + 3/10 =  

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