Year 5 Add Fractions Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 5 Add Fractions Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils understanding of adding fractions within a problem solving context. Pupils will use the clues to identify the missing fractions, then solve the addition calculation.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Fractions (including decimals and percentages)

Mathematics Year 5: (5F2a) Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements > 1 as a mixed number [for example, 2/5 + 4/5 = 6/5 = 1  1/5 ]

Mathematics Year 5: (5F4) Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number