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SUBTRACT FRACTIONS WITH LIKE DENOMINATORS

USING CIRCLES SHEET 2
Shade the correct fraction of the pizza, cross out the amount eaten
and then fill in the fraction sentence.

FRACTION PROBLEM FRACTION SENTENCE

1) Captain has 5∕7 of the pizza.
He eats 3∕7 . 5 3
− =
7 7
What fraction is left?
7

2) Newton has 5∕6 of the pizza.

He eats 4∕6 .
− =
6 6 6
What fraction is left?
6
3) Sally has 4∕5 of the pizza.
She eats 3∕5 .
− =
What fraction is left?

4) Flame has 7∕8 of the pizza.

She eats 2∕8 .
− =
What fraction is left?

5) Frazer has 8∕10 of the pizza.

He eats 5∕10 .
− =
What fraction is left?
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SUBTRACT FRACTIONS WITH LIKE DENOMINATORS

USING CIRCLES SHEET 2 ANSWERS
FRACTION PROBLEM FRACTION SENTENCE
1) Captain has 5∕7 of the pizza.
He eats 3∕7 . 5 3 2
− =
2 7 7 7
What fraction is left?
7

2) Newton has 5∕6 of the pizza.

He eats 4∕6 . 5 4 1
− =
1 6 6 6
What fraction is left?
6
3) Sally has 4∕5 of the pizza.
She eats 3∕5 . 4 3 1
1 − =
5 5 5
What fraction is left? 5

4) Flame has 7∕8 of the pizza.

She eats 2∕8 . 7 2 5
5 − =
8 8 8
What fraction is left? 8

5) Frazer has 8∕10 of the pizza.

He eats 5∕10 . 8 5 3
3 − =
10 10 10
What fraction is left? 10