Grade 5 · Math · Unit 7 of 14
Fractions
Mixed numbers and adding
What your child practises
Equivalent fractions up to twelfths, improper fractions and mixed numbers, comparing fractions, adding and subtracting with the same denominator, and multiplying a whole number by a unit fraction.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 5N5.1 · improper fractions and mixed numbers, and equivalent fractions
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which fraction is greater, 4/4 or 4/5?
- 4/4
- 4/5
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4/4
Hint: Make the denominators match, or compare each fraction with 1 whole.
Question 2
Write 3 2/3 as an improper fraction.
- 14/3
- 6/3
- 11/3
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11/3
Hint: Multiply the whole number by the denominator, then add the numerator.
Question 3
What number goes in the box to make the fractions equal?
1/4 = /8
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2
Hint: Multiply the top and bottom by 2.
Question 4
What is 4/5 − 3/5?
4/5 − 3/5 = ?
- 2/5
- 1/10
- 1/5
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1/5
Hint: The denominators match. Subtract the numerators and keep the denominator.
Question 5
What number goes in the box to make the fractions equal?
5/6 = /12
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10
Hint: Multiply the top and bottom by 2.
Question 6
Write 17/5 as a mixed number.
- 3 2/5
- 3 3/5
- 4 2/5
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3 2/5
Hint: Divide the top by the bottom. The answer is the whole number. The remainder is the new top.