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Slime Making Day: Mixing Unlike Fractions

Grade 5 slime-making practice: add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators using common denominators.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.NF.A.1

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 13 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students add fractions with unlike denominators by rewriting them with a common denominator.
  • Students subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators, regrouping when needed.
  • Students find and explain the error in adding tops and bottoms of fractions.

How to use

Review how to find a common denominator first. Students can work through one section a day, showing the equivalent fractions they used.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NF.A.1

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

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Slime Making Day: Mixing Unlike Fractions

Find a common denominator to add and subtract slime ingredients.

Mix the slime

Rewrite the fractions with a common denominator, then add.

1.
Nia pours 1/2 cup of glue and 1/3 cup of water into a bowl. How many cups of liquid are in the bowl?

1/2 + 1/3 =  /6 cup

2.
Write the missing top number.

2/5 + 1/4 =  /20

3.
Add. The answer is written as a mixed number. Write the missing top number.

3/4 + 5/6 = 1  /12

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