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Adding fractions with sums greater than 1 worksheets Grades 4–5

Add fractions with like denominators and write improper answers as mixed numbers.

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How to do it

Add the numerators, then change an improper answer to a mixed number.

58+48=5+48=98\dfrac{5}{8} + \dfrac{4}{8} = \dfrac{5 + 4}{8} = \dfrac{9}{8}same denominator: + the numerators, keep the 8
98=118\dfrac{9}{8} = 1\tfrac{1}{8}write as a mixed number

Example problems

  1. 811+611=\dfrac{8}{11} + \dfrac{6}{11} =
  2. 612+812=\dfrac{6}{12} + \dfrac{8}{12} =
  3. 45+35=\dfrac{4}{5} + \dfrac{3}{5} =
  4. 34+24=\dfrac{3}{4} + \dfrac{2}{4} =

Fractions: the basics

  1. Naming fractions from pictures
  2. Equivalent fractions
  3. Simplifying fractions
  4. Improper fractions to mixed numbers
  5. Mixed numbers to improper fractions
  6. Comparing fractions
  7. Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators
  8. Adding fractions with sums greater than 1