Unit2

Operations
with Fractions
by Maria Adrover

CEIP CALONGE
Maths 5th_Unit 2_Operations with fractions

Addition

The fractions should have the same denominator.

To add fractions, you should add the

numerators.
The fractions will have the same
denominator.

Subtraction

The fractions should have the same denominator.

To subtract fractions, you should subtract the

numerators.
The fractions will have the same denominator.

Equivalent fractions

To check if two fractions are equivalent, we should

cross multiply. If the results are equals, the fractions
are equivalents.

Simplifying fractions

To simplify a fraction is to obtaing another fraction

by dividing the numerator and denominator into the
same number

Reducing into common denominator

Reduce fractions into common denominator is to

find equivalent fractions with the same denominator

The fraction of a number

To calculate the fraction of a number, we divide

this number by the denominator and multiply the
result by the numerator.