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Year 5 Adding and Subtracting Fractions Worksheets

Year 5 worksheets for adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator and related denominators.

Year group

Year 5

Subject

Maths

Topic

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Difficulty

KS2

Worksheet type

Fractions Decimals Percentages

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Year 5 Adding and Subtracting Fractions Worksheets

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What children practise

These printable worksheets help children build confidence with adding and subtracting fractions through focused, topic-specific practice.

Adding fractions
Subtracting fractions
Using related denominators
Converting where needed

About these adding and subtracting fractions worksheets

Support Year 5 children with adding and subtracting fractions worksheets for upper KS2 maths practice, fluency and reasoning.

About these Year 5 adding and subtracting fractions worksheets

These Year 5 adding and subtracting fractions worksheets help children build confidence with adding and subtracting fractions with related denominators. The questions are designed to support fluency, accuracy and mathematical reasoning.

Children can use these worksheets for classroom practice, home learning, intervention or revision. The content uses UK Year 5 and KS2 wording throughout.

What children learn from this topic

Adding and Subtracting Fractions helps children strengthen upper KS2 maths knowledge and apply it to calculations, representations or problem-solving contexts.

  • Adding fractions
  • Subtracting fractions
  • Using related denominators
  • Converting where needed
  • Solving fraction problems

How parents and teachers can use these worksheets

Parents can use these adding and subtracting fractions worksheets for short, focused practice and ask children to explain the method or reasoning behind each answer.

Teachers can use them for lesson practice, retrieval tasks, small-group support or revision after modelling the key Year 5 concepts.

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What should Year 5 children practise in adding and subtracting fractions?+

Year 5 children should practise adding and subtracting fractions with related denominators using accurate methods, clear vocabulary and KS2 reasoning.

How can these adding and subtracting fractions worksheets be used?+

They can be used for classroom practice, home learning, intervention or revision after children have been introduced to the main Year 5 concept.

Why is adding and subtracting fractions important in upper KS2 maths?+

Adding and Subtracting Fractions helps children build fluency and problem-solving confidence before the more demanding reasoning work they meet in Year 6.