Adding & Subtracting Fractions

Browse our collection of subtracting and adding fractions worksheets. These resources include worksheets, word problems and cut and paste activities. Use pizza models to help compare, add and subtract fractions.

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These worksheets include activities where students practise adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator, as well as working with unlike fractions by finding common denominators. Many tasks use visual supports such as fraction models and familiar contexts to help students make sense of the process, not just follow steps.

You’ll also find worksheets that involve adding fractions to whole numbers, solving fraction problems, and determining what fraction remains after part of a whole has been removed. Several activities are built around real contexts, including food and sharing scenarios, to make the calculations more concrete.

The collection includes a mix of straightforward practice, visual-based tasks and problem-solving worksheets, making it easy to reinforce key skills and build confidence with fraction operations.

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Add Unlike Fractions

Convert the fractions so they have the same denominator and then add.

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Subtract Unlike Fractions

Convert the fractions so they have the same denominator and then subtract.

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Add Unlike Fractions (Related)

Convert the fractions so they have the same denominator and then add.

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Subtract Unlike Fractions (Related)

Convert the fractions so they have the same denominator and then subtract.

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Adding & Subtracting Unlike Fractions Problems (5)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting unlike fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Unlike Fractions Problems (4)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting unlike fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Unlike Fractions Problems (3)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting unlike fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Unlike Fractions Problems (2)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting unlike fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Unlike Fractions Problems (1)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting unlike fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Like Fractions Problems (5)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting like fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Like Fractions Problems (4)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting like fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Like Fractions Problems (3)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting like fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Like Fractions Problems (2)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting like fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Like Fractions Problems (1)

Word problems involving adding and subtracting like fractions.

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Adding & Subtracting Fractions: Pizzas

Colour the pizza that has been eaten (like fractions) and then work out how much pizza is left.

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Pizzas in Unlike Fractions, with Guidelines

Cut and paste to add the unlike fractions and make the pizzas (guideline for support).