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Adding & Subtracting Fractions Worksheets and Activities

Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, taught with the butterfly method and the least common denominator, then simplifying the answer.

This unit is written for 5th Grade. Buy the whole unit bundle for $18.00, or just the piece you need: cut & paste, error analysis, escape room, guided notes, matching, maze and test prep. Every page comes as a print-ready PDF plus an editable Word file, with a full answer key. The test prep is free.

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Adding & Subtracting Fractions

Everything below in one download: cut & paste, error analysis, escape room, guided notes, matching, maze, test prep.

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Cut & Paste

Adding & Subtracting Fractions: Cut & Paste

Students cut, sort and glue. Wrong placements are visible from across the room.

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Error Analysis

Adding & Subtracting Fractions: Error Analysis

Worked problems with one real student mistake. Students find it, explain it and fix it.

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Escape Room

Adding & Subtracting Fractions: Escape Room

Three paper levels and a decoder. No locks or props to buy, and a wrong answer will not decode.

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Guided Notes

Adding & Subtracting Fractions: Guided Notes

Worked examples one step per line, with PowerPoint and SMART Notebook slides, blank and completed.

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Matching

Adding & Subtracting Fractions: Matching

Cards that only pair one way, so a wrong match shows itself. Good for partners and stations.

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Maze

Adding & Subtracting Fractions: Maze

Self-checking: students follow their answer to the next square, and a wrong answer leads nowhere.

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Test Prep

Adding & Subtracting Fractions: Test Prep

Mixed multiple choice and written questions in state-test wording, answer key with the work shown.

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