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Fractions – practice for Years 6–9

Sample questions on Fractions with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Maths
Year
Years 6–9
Curriculum area
Number and algebra

Question types: Fraction arithmetic

Rule: Fractions

Add or subtract fractions only with the same denominator: find a common denominator, then add the numerators.

Simplify the result to its simplest form: divide the top and the bottom by the same number while you can.

Example: 1/2 + 1/3 = 3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6

Watch out: Don’t add the denominators: 1/2 + 1/3 is not 2/5.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Work out and write the answer as a fraction in its simplest form: 1/3 − 1/5

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    Answer: 2/15

    How it works: Common denominator 15: 5/15 − 3/15 = 2/15

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Work out and write the answer as a fraction in its simplest form: 1/3 − 2/6

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    Answer: 0

    How it works: Common denominator 18: 6/18 − 6/18 = 0

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Work out and write the answer as a fraction in its simplest form: 4/8 + 1/2

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    Answer: 1

    How it works: Common denominator 16: 8/16 + 8/16 = 1

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