Teaching resources for parents and teachers

Fractions Worksheets and Teaching Notes

Choose a skill for the child you teach. Read the teaching notes, work through an example together, then print a worksheet and a separate answer key. Grade labels are a guide; use earlier skills when your student needs more support.

• Adding Fractions Worksheets: Like Denominators

  Use fraction strips to show why the denominator stays the same when adding like fractions.

• Subtracting Fractions With Like Denominators Worksheets

  Use like-sized fraction pieces to explain subtraction with like denominators.

• Like-Denominator Fraction Word Problems

  Keep the unit whole visible when teaching fraction word problems.

• Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers Worksheets

  Show multiplication by a whole number as repeated copies of a fraction.

• Fraction Multiplication: Area Word Problems

  Connect a fractional side length to the area of a rectangle.

• Two Fractions: Area Word Problems

  Use overlapping partitions to teach area with two fractional side lengths.

• Unlike-Denominator Fraction Word Problems

  Teach common denominators as a way to work with equal-sized pieces.

• Whole Number ÷ Unit Fraction Word Problems

  Use fraction strips to show how many small pieces fit into a whole-number length.

• Fraction Word Problems: Smaller Recipes

  Explain scaling a recipe by referring to the original ingredient amount.

• Missing Fraction Part Word Problems

  Keep the same reference whole when teaching missing fraction amounts.

• Missing Fraction Parts: Unlike Denominators Worksheets

  Use equivalent fractions to find a missing part with unlike denominators.

• Multiplying Fractions Word Problems: Scaling Up

  Use one full copy and an extra part to explain multiplication by a fraction greater than one.

• Comparing Fractions Worksheets: Like Denominators

  Teach fraction comparison by keeping the whole and the piece size the same.

• Simplifying Fractions Worksheets

  Explain simplifying as renaming the same fraction.

• Common Denominator Worksheets

  Teach common denominators with matching wholes.

• Identifying Fractions Worksheets: Shaded Shapes

  Help your student distinguish the whole, all equal parts, and shaded parts.

• Fractions on a Number Line Worksheets

  Teach fractions on a number line by identifying the unit interval first.

• Comparing Fractions Worksheets: Unlike Denominators

  Teach unlike-fraction comparison using equivalent fractions or a benchmark.