5th

Grade Fractions

1 1 7
+ =
5 2 10

a c ad – bc
– =
bc b d bd
+
d
a bd
c =
+ d
a
b

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Answer key
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Adding Proper Fractions

5 1 21 3 2 8
=
+ = + = 8 1
1) 2)
11 2 22 4 8

2 4 22 1 4 17
3) + = 4) + =
3 5 15 6 10 30

3 1 7 8 1 11
5) + = 6) + =
8 2 8 9 3 9

4 5 13 3 7 73
7) + = 8) + =
6 12 12 7 8 56

1 1 5 3 1 5
9) + = 10) + =
2 3 6 4 2 4

3 4 11 1 5 13
11) + = 12) + =
10 5 10 6 9 18

2 1 9 3 3 1 17
13) + = = 14) + =
3 12 12 4 5 4 20

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Adding Improper Fractions

9 4 17 15 13 43
1) + = 2) + =
6 3 6 2 4 4

38 6 50 8 4 52
3) + = =5 4) + =
10 5 10 7 3 21

9 7 37 5 15 115
5) + = 6) + =
8 2 8 4 11 44

7 8 82 41 3 9 15
7) + = = 8) + =
5 6 30 15 2 4 4

8 9 127 12 5 27
9) + = 56
10) + = =3
7 8 9 3 9

17 11 39 7 9 41
11) + = 12) + =
10 5 10 6 4 12

26 5 41 8 12 92
13) + = 6
14) + =
6 2 3 7 21

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Adding Mixed Numbers

3 7 5 1
1) 36 2) 78 3) 19 4) 2 14
1 15 3 3
+ 82 + 9 20 + 1 18 + 37
6 65 5 13 7 1
11 6 = 12 16 40 = 17 8 2 18 5 14 = 5 2

3 1 3 11
5) 64 6) 52 7) 24 8) 8 16
1 5 5 1
+ 45 + 8 16 + 6 18 + 78
19 13 37 1 13
10 20 13 16 8 36 = 936 15 16

1 1 5 8
9) 66 10) 2 12 11) 78 12) 69
1 2 5 2
+ 14 + 43 + 3 16 + 66
5 9 3 15 22 2
7 12 6 12 = 6 4 10 16 12 18 = 13 9

1 15 3 6
13) 92 14) 3 19 15) 15 16) 49
6 1 1 9
+ 5 14 + 12 + 24 + 2 15
13 49 11 17 57 4
14 14 4 38 = 5 38 3 20 6 45 = 715

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Adding Unlike Fractions

2 5
1) + = 17 2) 59 13
+ 8 20 = 31
13 20 = 14 20
11
9 3 9 10

10 7 31 1 3 7
3)
6 + 2 = 4)
8 + 4 = 8
6

2 17 25 1 4 5 19 1
5) 53 + 12 = 5 12 = 7 12 6)
18 + 96 = 9 18 = 10 18

8 1 33 13 3 19
7) 3 17 + 7 2 = 10 34 8)
10
+ 5
= 10

5 7 17 5 9 41 1
9)
6
+ 12
= 10) 1 + = 1 8 =68
12 8 2

20 14 48 8 6 3 18 9
11) + = = 12) 8 20 + 9 5 = 17 20 = 17 10
18 9 18 3

11 2 21 2 7 4 53
13) 6 15 + 3
= 6 15 = 7 5 14)
2
+ 14
=
14

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Adding Unlike Fractions

1 3 5 13 5 2
1) 3 2 + 1 7 + 1 8 = 5 87 = 6 31 2)
12
+ 6 + 4 3 = 4 31 = 6 7
56 56 12 12

56 11 19 179 4 3 7 30
3)
54
+ 9 + 18
= 54
4)
5 + 2 + 10 = 10 = 3

1 7 5 1 1 2
5) 23 + 8 + 4
59
= 2 24 11
= 4 24 6) 5 6 + 4 4 + 2 9 = 1123
36

5 3 1 18 9 6 2 3 157
14 + 7 + = 14 + + = 60
7) =7 8)
2 5 3 4

1 5 2 13 19 10
9) 1 2 + 5 6 + 2 3 = 8 12 = 10 10)
12
+ 16
+ 8 = 169
6 48

4 3 1 63 1 1 2 5
11)
3 + 5 + 1 6 = 1 30
= 310
12) 34 + 69 + 3 = 9 77 =11 5
36 36

21 16 7 81 9 1 3 26 1
13)
20 + 10
+ 5 = 20 14) 1 24 + 2 3 + 3 8 = 6 24 = 712

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Adding Fractions

4 4 = 49 23 3 =103
5 8
1)
9 + = 5
9 9
2)
10 + = 10
10 10

5 + 5 = 41 16 2 = 44
3) 4 2 = 6 4) + 4 = 6
6 6 6 7 7 7

12 + = 12 =131 9 + 3 = 4 = 24
5) 7 7 6) 4
17 17 17 5 5 5

3 3 = 51 13 13 =153
7) 6 + = 6 8) 5 +2 = 7
8 8 8 20 20 20

1 1 = 19 3 3 = 31
9) 4 + 5 = 9 10) + 7 = 7
2 2 2 4 4 4

12 2 =52 5 5 = 77
11) 8 + = 10 12) 2 + 7 = 9
5 5 5 8 8 8

2 2 =35 7 7 =142
8 + 3 = 9
11 15 + = 6
13) 14)
3 3 3 15 15

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Missing Fractions

9 11 49 5 11 25
1)
8
+ 12
= 24
2) 26 + 9 16 = 12 48

7 1 1 8 2 4
3) 89 + 4
= 9 36 4)
5
+ 13 = 3 15

10 19 97 8 11 23
5)
15
+ 20
= 60
6)
6
+ 9
= 9

1 3 1 8 17 91
7) 22 + 44 = 74 8)
9
+ 15
= 45

5 15 25 14 1 11
9)
7
+ 14
= 14
10)
17
+ 52 = 6 34

10 19 17 4 8 8
11)
3
+ 7 20 = 11 60 12)
5
+ 10
= 5

13 7 17 4 1 17
13)
6
+ 2
= 3
14) 19 + 82 = 9 18

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Solve
Find the value of the variable in each problem.

5 3 13
1)
2
+ m = 4 m = 4

13 9 c
2)
20 + 10
= 20
c = 31

n 8 69
3) 9 + 14
= 7 n = 2
7

1 4 7
4) 1
3
+ 2
9
= 3
r
r = 9

17 5 27
5)
16
+ y
= 16
y = 8

13 19 77
6)
d
+ 18
= 36
d = 12

2 p 2
7) 3
5
+ 4 15 = 8 15 p = 11

3 7 b
8)
2
+ 6
= 6
b = 16

z 2 37
9)
12
+ 2
3
= 12
z = 5

5 9 3
10)
4
+ 8
= 2
x
x = 8

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Adding Unlike Fractions

1) Neil and Gavin go on a hike. Neil ate 13 of a bag of trail mix and Gavin consumed
3 of its contents. What fraction of the bag of trail mix did they eat altogether?
8

17 th of the bag of trail mix

24

2) Allen, an electrician buys an extension cord which is 21 meters long. He increases

5
its length by 73 meters. What is the total length of the extension cord now?

6 8 meters long
15

3) Hannah consumed 31 of a loaf of wheat bread for breakfast. She uses another 14 of
the loaf to make BLT sandwiches for her children. What fraction of the loaf of bread
was used in all?

7 th of the loaf of bread

12

4) Patricia cuts out 98 inches of burgundy lace and 45 inches of white ribbon to make a
small decorative flower. How many inches of lace and ribbon in all did Patricia use
to make the flower?

2 3 inches in all
8

5) Jude prepared 29 5
3 cups of iced tea and 2 cups of fruit punch. How many cups of
beverage did Judith prepare in total?

12 1 cups in all
6

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Subtracting Proper Fractions

6 1 4 1 7 2 1
1) – = = 2) – =
8 4 8 2 9 3 9

4 7 1 8 3 2 1
3) – = 4) – = =
6 12 12 10 5 10 5

1 2 5 7 1 13
5) – = 6) – =
2 9 18 8 3 24

4 8 4 6 3 3
7) – = 8) – =
5 11 55 7 4 28

5 2 1 4 1 3
9) – = 10) – =
6 3 6 5 2 10

10 2 4 1 3 2 5
11) – = = 12) – =
12 4 12 3 4 6 12

3 1 4 7 1 3
13) – = 14) – =
5 3 15 8 2 8

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Subtracting Improper Fractions

1)
7 2)
23 3)
5 4)
18
4 20 2 14
9 16 8 8
– 8 – 15 – 6 –
7
5 5 1 7 2 1
8 = 6 =
60 12 14 7

5)
8 6)
4 7)
22 8)
15
5 3 16 8
11 10 5 3
– 10 – 9 – –
4 2
5 1 2 2 1 3
= =
10 2 9 16 8 8

9) 17 10) 9 11) 31 12) 11

12 2 18 8
15 17
– 7 – – 4 –
6 14 3 16
3 1 48 24 7 5
= =
12 4 14 7 18 16

13)
8 14)
5 15)
7 16)
9
5 4 3 2
3 8 8 4
– 2 – 7 – 6 – 3
1 3 6 19
=1
10 28 6 6

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Subtracting Mixed Numbers

2 5 3 1 4 5 3
1) 7 3 – 3 12 = 4 12 = 4 4 2) 3 5 – 1 10 = 2 10

5 1 7 6 1 2 1
3) 46 – 24 = 2 12 4) 98 – 62 = 38 =34

1 1 5 8 2 2
5) 10 2 – 5 7 = 5 14 6) 79 – 53 = 29

3
7) 3 11
12
– 2
5
6 = 1
1 12 8)
3
94 – 38
3
= 68

6 1 3 1 9 1 13
9) 49 – 12 = 3 18 = 3 6 10) 8 10 – 4 4 = 4 20

5 3 11 4 1 3
11) 76 – 58 = 2 24 12) 25 – 12 = 1 10

3 5 4 1 1 1 1
13) 6 4 – 2 12 = 4 12 = 4 3 14) 93 – 16 = 86

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Subtracting Unlike Fractions

1 5 7 6 2 4
1) 85 – 2 = 5 10 2) 77 – 13 = 6 21

8 5 1 16 2 10 5
3)
3 – 2 = 6
4)
18 – 6 = =
18 9

4 10 10 2 10 14 6
5) 37 – 35 = 3 35 = 3 7 6)
8 – 16 = =3
16 8

21 7 7 1 1 3 1
7)
18 – 9 = 18
8) 6 3 – 1 12 = 5 12 = 5 4

1 6 6 3 2 12 13
9) 32 – 8 = 28 =24 10) 73 – 15 = 6 15

18 4 2 1 17 20 11
11)
20 – 5 = =
20 10
12)
10 – 15 = 30

3 1 5 2 11 2 1
13) 94 – 48 = 58 14) 86 – 9 = 7 18 = 7 9

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Subtracting Fractions

7 38 = 2 1 17 = 1
1) 6 – 1 = 4 2) 9 – = 8
9 9 9 2 2 2

23 94 = 3 5 11
3) 9 – = 7 4) 5 – 4 =
13 13 13 16 16

2 10 = 1 18 22 = 2
5) 4 – = 3 6) 8 – = 4
3 3 3 5 5 5

6 30 = 1 19 61 = 1
7) 3 – 12 = 2 8) 7 – 3 = 3
12 2 20 20 20

2 – 17 = 5 4 – 27 = 29 = 1
9) 10)
14 2
11 11 14 14

5 19 = 3 3 39 = 4
11) 5 – 2 = 2 12) 6 – = 5
8 8 8 7 7 7

14 91 = 1 1 7 = 3
13) 7 – = 6 14) 3 – 1 = 1
15 15 15 4 4 4

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Missing Fractions

5 14 3 11 18 1
1) 98 – 32
= 9 16 2)
12
– 24
= 6

9 17 1 6 10 2
3)
7
– 14
= 14
4) 2 18 – 9
= 19

32 16 8 3 15
5)
15
– 30
= 5
6) 84 – 1 20 = 7

1 7 11 6 7 5
7) 42 – 12
= 3 12 8)
3
– 6
= 6

5 6 1 1 1 1
9) 36 – 18
= 32 10)
2
– 3
= 6

11 8 37 2 1 5
11)
5
– 7
= 35
12) 83 – 24 = 6 12

17 4 9 32 13 25
13)
10
– 5
= 10
14)
18
– 12
= 36
 Answer key
Solve
Find the value of the variable in each problem.

6 17 5 a
1)
18
– 3
6
= 9
a = 28

8 27 x
2)
2
– 12
= 1 12 x = 5

p 3 3
3)
16
– 4
= 16
p = 15

8 7 1
4)
3
– b
= 12 b = 6

13 14 3
5)
10
– 20
= y
y = 5

4 q 16
6) 1
5
– 15
= 15
q = 11

5 8 7
7) c – 9
= 9
c = 3

z 7 1
8)
12
– 6
= 4
z = 17

1 1 r
9) 7
2
– 5
8
= 28 r = 3

9 21 1
10)
4
– d
= 15 d = 20

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Subtracting Unlike Fractions

1) Jennifer has a pet cat named Sid. She fills 78 of Sid’s bowl with milk and he slurps
up 3 th of the quantity. What fraction of the bowl contains milk now?
4

1 th of the bowl
8

2) Vivian works part-time at a restaurant and puts in 22 16 hours a week. There was a
backlog of 6 34 hours of work during the Christmas week, due to extreme weather
conditions. How many hours of work did Vivian put in during the Christmas week?
Kim’s Restaurant

15 5 hours
OPEN

12

3) Greg and Jamie participated in a marathon for cancer awareness. Greg completed
11 miles of the total distance of the marathon and Jamie covered five-thirds of
2
the total distance. How many more miles did Greg cover than Jamie?

3 5 miles more
6

4) Jayden used 2 38 scoops of vanilla ice cream and 4 21 scoops of chocolate ice cream
to make a milkshake. How many more scoops of chocolate ice cream did Jayden
use than vanilla ice cream?

2 1 scoops more
8

5) Oscar used a total of 3 41 cups of Parmesan and mozzarella cheese to make cheese
lasagna for dinner. If he used 1 12 cups of Parmesan cheese, how many cups of
mozzarella cheese did he put in use to make lasagna?
PARMESAN Mozzarella

Cheese

1 3 cups of mozzarella cheese Net wt: 8oz 15 Slices

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