These exercises and activities are for students to use independently of the teacher to practice number properties.
Addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators
Addition and Subtraction, AP (Stage 8)
Homework with answers (PDF or Word)
Prior Knowledge
Add and subtract fraction with related denominators
Background
Before working on unlike denominators, students often benefit from working on fractions with related denominators, where one denominator can be changed to the other denominator.
Comments on the Exercises
Exercise 1
Asks students to use a fraction wall to simplify fractions and add them together.
Exercise 2
Asks students to solve word problems that involve adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.