Colouring NestSubtracting Fractions with Like Denominators
- Ages 9–11
- Medium
- 2 pages
- Worksheet
- Answer key
- PDF: Letter & A4
- Updated
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Sixteen subtractions of fractions with the same denominator, such as 7/9 − 4/9. Take away the top numbers and keep the bottom number: seven ninths take away four ninths leaves three ninths. Every problem starts with the bigger fraction, so no answer is below zero, and none takes away everything. Once this and the adding sheet feel easy, children are ready for unlike denominators.
Also try: Simplifying Fractions Worksheet · Fraction Wall (Fraction Bars) · Fraction Number Lines 0 to 1
Tips for this fraction worksheet
- Take away the tops, keep the bottom.
- Check by adding the answer back on: 3/9 + 4/9 = 7/9.
- Draw a bar and cross out the parts you take away.
Page 2 of the PDF is the answer key. The fraction number lines show the same fractions as distances from 0 to 1. When this sheet feels easy, move on to the times tables worksheets, which make simplifying quicker. See all fraction worksheets.
For teachers and parents
- What it practises
- Equal parts, halves, thirds and quarters, equivalent and comparing fractions, adding, simplifying and mixed numbers
- How to use it
- Say each fraction in words (“three quarters”). Use folded paper strips or the fraction wall for the first sheets. Answers on page 2.
- Time
- About 10–20 minutes
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Printing tips
- Fold paper strips into halves, quarters and eighths before the first sheet.
- Say fractions in words: “three quarters”, “two fifths”.
- Mark with page 2 and redo the wrong ones the next day.
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