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Contents

Page
Counting in tenths 4
Adding like fractions (part 1) 6
Adding like fractions (part 2) 8
Number pairs 10
Subtracting like fractions 12
Equivalent fractions 14
Equivalent fractions on a number line 16
Equivalent fractions using multiplication 18
Finding equivalent fractions (part 1) 20
Finding equivalent fractions (part 2) 22
Comparing unit fractions 24
Comparing unlike fractions 26
Subtracting fractions (part 1) 28
Subtracting fractions (part 2) 30
Finding part of a set (part 1) 32
Finding part of a set (part 2) 34
Sharing 1 36
Sharing more than 1 38
Sharing more than 1 using improper fractions 40
Review and challenge 42
Answers 46

Ruby Elliott Amira Charles Lulu Sam Oak Holly Ravi Emma Jacob Hannah
Counting in tenths Lesson
1

Starter
What fraction of the rectangle is shaded? The whole rectangle
is divided into
10 equal parts.

Each part is called

one tenth.

Example
3 tenths of the rectangle
is shaded and
7 tenths of the rectangle
is not shaded.

We write 3 tenths as 3 .
10
3
___ of the rectangle is shaded.
10

We can also show 3 tenths on a number line.

1 1 1
tenth tenth tenth

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

4
Practice
1 What fraction of the rectangle is shaded?

(a) (b)

2 What fraction of each shape is shaded?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(e) (f ) (g)

3 Fill in the blanks.

0 1 2 5 8 1
10 10 10 10
5
Adding like fractions Lesson
2
(part 1)
Starter
Charles and Emma cut a sushi roll into 5 equal pieces.

I ate 1 piece. I ate 2 pieces.

What fraction of the sushi roll did they eat?

Example
Charles Emma ate
Each piece is 1 fifth ate 1 fifth 2 fifths
of the sushi roll. of the of the
sushi roll. sushi roll.

1
_1_ _2_ _2_
5 5 5 5
1=
5

1 2 2
5 5 5

1 fifth + 2 fifths = 3 fifths

1 2 3
+ =
5 5 5 There are 2 pieces
or 2 left over.
5
3
Charles and Emma ate __ of the sushi roll.
5
6
Practice
1 Add.
1 3 2 2
(a) __ + __ = (b) __ + __ =
5 5 5 5

1 7 2 2
(c) __ + __ = (d) __ + __ =
9 9 7 7

1 3 3 3
(e) __ + __ = (f ) __ + __ =
4 4 6 6

2 Write four pairs of fractions that add up to 1.

(a) + =1 (b) + =1

(c) + =1 (d) + =1

3 Add.
1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) __ + __ + __ = (b) __ + __ + __ =
4 4 4 3 3 3

1 2 1 1 2 3
(c) __ + __ + __ = (d) __ + __ + __ =
5 5 5 7 7 7

7
Adding like fractions Lesson
3
(part 2)
Starter

I ate 1 of the tart. I ate 2 of the tart.

5 5

How much of the tart did the friends eat in total?

Example
1 2
Add __ and __ .
5 5

_1_
5

_2_
5
1 2
5 5

?
_1_ + _2_ = _3_
5 5 5
3
The friends ate __ of the tart in total.
5
8
Practice
1 Add and fill in the blanks.
(a) 1 3
1
5 3
5
1
5 3
5
5 5 1 3
1 + 3 =
5 + 5 =
1
5 3
+ 5 =
2 5 5 5
(b) 2
9 5
9
2
9 5
9
9 9 2 5
2 + 5 =
9 + 9
2
9 5 =
9
+ =
9 9
4
(c) 4
11
4
11
11 4
4 +
11
=
4 +
11
=
+ =
11

1 2 2 4
2 (a) __ + __ = (b) __ + __ =
4 4 9 9

1 5 1 4
(c) __ + __ = (d) ___ + ___ =
6 6 15 15

3 2 4 7
(e) __ + __ = (f) ___ + ___ =
7 7 15 15

9
Number pairs Lesson
4

Starter

I take 7 eighths of I take 1 eighth of

the chocolate bar. the chocolate bar.

How many ways can Oak and Ruby share the 8 pieces of the chocolate bar?

Example
Oak Ruby
1 _1_ _7_
8 8
_2_ _6_ I can make
1 7 8 8
8 8 a table.
_3_ _5_
8 8
Each piece is 1 eighth _4_ _4_
of the chocolate bar. 8 8
_5_ _3_
8 8
_6_ _2_
8 8
_7_ _1_
8 8

There are 7 different ways that Oak and Ruby can share the eight pieces of the
chocolate bar.
10
Practice
1 Match.
9
10

3 6
10 10

4 6
10 10

7 3
10 10

7
10

5 2
10 10

2 Fill in the blanks.

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c)
1
7 9

1 1 5
7 9 12
11
Subtracting like fractions Lesson
5

Starter
A Swiss roll is cut into 6 equal size pieces.
Elliott takes 1 piece and then Hannah takes
2 pieces.

How much of the Swiss roll is left?

Example

The roll was cut

into 6 pieces.
Each piece is 1 sixth.

Elliott has taken 1 piece and

left Hannah is taking 2 pieces.

There are 3 pieces left.

3
After Hannah takes 2 pieces, there is __ of the Swiss roll left.
6

12
Practice
1 Fill in the blanks.
(a) (b)

_3_ − _1_ = _5_ − _2_ =

5 5 8 8

(c) (d)

_4_ − 1 3
= __ − ___ =
7 7 12

1
2 Charles spends __ of his money on a pencil case.
4
2
He then spends __ of his remaining money on some books.
3
What fraction of the money he started with does he have left?

pencil case

Charles has of the money he started with left.

13
Equivalent fractions Lesson
6

Starter
Holly folds a strip of paper into 4 equal parts and
shades 1 part. I shaded 1 of the
4
strip of paper.

What happens if Holly keeps folding the paper?

Example
1 This strip of paper
4 is folded into quarters.

The same amount of

Holly folds the strip of paper again. paper is shaded, but
there are more parts.

2
8

Now the strip of paper is in 8 parts.

It is folded into eighths. Equivalent fractions have
different numerators and
1 =
2 numerator denominators but have
4 8 denominator
an equal value.

14
Practice
1 Fill in the blanks.

(a) (b)

12

2 Fill in the blanks.

1 third

1
__ =
3 12
1 quarter

1
__ =
4 12
1 fifth

1
__ =
5

1
3 Oak, Ruby and Holly all ordered equal size pizzas. They each ate __ of their
2
pizzas. Oak ate 3 slices of her pizza, Ruby ate 4 slices of her pizza and
Holly ate 2 slices of her pizza.

What fraction of a whole pizza were Oak’s, Ruby’s and Holly’s slices?

Oak’s slices were of a pizza, Ruby’s slices were of a pizza

and Holly’s slices were of a pizza.

15
Equivalent fractions on Lesson
7
a number line
Starter
Four friends are learning how to
tie knots on a sailing course.

The sailor gives them a long piece

of rope and tells them they each
need 2 equal size pieces of rope.

How much rope does each friend get?

Example
1 1
2
1 2
1 First we cut the rope
2
1 2
1 into 2 pieces.
2 2

1 1 1 1 We then cut each half

4
1 4
1 4
1 4
1 into 2 equal size pieces.
4
1 4
1 4
1 4
1
4 4 4 4
Each half is now 2 of
4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 the original rope.
8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1
8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Each friend gets 1 of the rope.
4

Each friend needs 2 pieces of rope. They can cut their

2
quarter into 2 pieces. Each quarter becomes .
8

16
 We can use a number line
to find equivalent fractions.
1

1 1
1
2 2

1 1 2
1=
2 2 2
0 1 1
2
1
2
1 1 1
2 4 4

1 1 1 2
=
4 4 2 4
0 1 1 3 1
4 2 4
1
4
1 1 1
4 8 8

1 1 1 2
=
8 8 4 8
0 1 1 3 1 5 3 7 1
8 4 8 2 8 4 8
Practice
1 1
Mark __ and __ on the number line.
3 2

0 1 2 3 4 5 1
6 6 6 6 6
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Equivalent fractions using Lesson
8
multiplication
Starter

1
__ 2
__
3 6

__1 and __
2 1
are equivalent fractions. Are there other fractions equivalent to __ ?
3 6 3

Example
1 When the shaded part becomes
This is __ .
3 1
2 equal parts, each part is __ .
6

1 __
__ 2
=
3 6

When the shaded part becomes When the shaded part becomes
1 1
3 equal parts, each part is __ . 4 equal parts, each part is ___ .
9 12

1 __
__ 3 1 ___
__ 4
= =
3 9 3 12

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 ×2 ×3 ×4

1 2 1 3 1 4
= = =
3 6 3 9 3 12

×2 ×3 ×4

Practice
1 Find the missing numerators.

(a) (b)

3
__ 3
__
= =
5 10 4 8

2 5
(c) __ = (d) __ =
7 14 6 12

2 Fill in the blanks.

(a) (b)
× ×

3 6
=
4 2
=
5 15

× ×

19
Finding equivalent Lesson
9
fractions (part 1)
Starter

Lulu and Sam each have the same tray of lasagne.

Lulu cuts her lasagne into 4 equal size pieces.
Sam cuts his lasagne into 8 equal size pieces.

I took I took
1 piece. 2 pieces.

Have they both taken the same amount?

Example

1
__ _2_
4 8

Are 1 and 2 equivalent fractions?

4 8

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 ×2
1 large piece has been cut
1 2 into 2 smaller pieces.
=
4 8

1 2
= 4 large pieces have been
4 8
cut into 8 smaller pieces.
×2

1
__ 2
and __ are equivalent fractions.
4 8
Lulu and Sam have taken the same amount of lasagne.

Practice
1 Shade the bars and fill in the blanks.

1
(a) __ =
2 8

3
(b) __ =
4 8

2 Fill in the blanks.

(a) (b)
× ×

1 3
= =
5 10 4 12

× ×

21
Finding equivalent Lesson
10
fractions (part 2)
Starter

Can you see 2 4 6 8 Are they

the pattern in 3 6 9 12 equivalent
these fractions? fractions?

Example
When we make 2 equal parts into 4 equal parts, we also make 3 equal parts into
6 equal parts. We can use multiplication to help us find equivalent fractions.

×2

_2_ = _4_
3 6

×2
_2_ = _4_
3 6
×3

_2_ = _6_
3 9

×3
_2_ = _6_
3 ÷2
9
When we make 4 equal parts into 2 equal parts, we also make _4_ = _2_
6 equal parts into 3 equal parts. We can use division to help us 6 3
simplify a fraction.
÷2
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Practice
1 Fill in the blanks.

(a) (b)
× ×

5 25
=
2 7
=
3 15

× ×

(c) (d)
÷ ÷

8 2
=
12 9
=
15 5

÷ ÷

2 Write each fraction in its simplest form.

15 15
(a) ___ = (b) ___ =
25 50

5 50
(c) ___ = (d) ___ =
15 60

12 8
(e) ___ = (f) ___ =
16 24

23
Comparing unit fractions Lesson
11

Starter
1
Ravi drank __ l of juice.
3
1
Holly drank __ l of juice.
5
Who drank more juice?

Example
1 1
Compare __ and __ .
3 5
1 1 is divided equally
l
3 into 3 larger parts.

1 is divided equally
1
l into 5 smaller parts.
5

Ravi’s part is greater than Holly’s part.

1 third is greater than 1 fifth.

_1_ > _1_

3 5
Ravi drank more juice than Holly drank.

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Practice
1 Fill in the blanks.
1 1 1 1
(a) Compare __ and __ . (b) Compare __ and __ .
5 7 11 9
1 1
5 11
1 1
7 9

is greater than . is smaller than .

2 Compare the fractions using > or <.

1 1 1 1
(a) __ __ (b) __ ___
8 5 2 10

1 1 1 1
(c) __ __ (d) __ __
3 6 9 7

1 1 1 1
(e) __ __ (f ) __ __
2 3 5 3

3 Put these fractions in order from smallest to greatest.

1
___ 1
__ 1
__ 1
___
12 5 2 10

, , ,

25
Comparing unlike Lesson
12
fractions
Starter
Oak and Ruby are reading the same book.
5
Oak has read __ of the book.
6
5
Ruby has read __ of the book.
8
Who has read more?

Example

5 5
Which is greater, __ or __?
6 8

1 1 1 1 1 1
6 6 6 6 6 6

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

_5_ is greater than _5_ . 5 5

>
6 8 6 8
Oak has read more of the book than Ruby has.

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Practice
1 Fill in the blanks.
3 3
(a) Compare __ and ___ .
7 10
3
7

3
10

is greater than .

9 7
(b) Compare __ and ___ .
11 10
9
11

7
10

is smaller than .

2 Compare the fractions using >, < or =.

2 2 3 3
(a) __ __ (b) __ __
5 7 7 4

7 7 8 7
(c) __ __ (d) __ __
8 9 9 8

10 8 8 9
(e) ___ ___ (f ) __ __
11 10 8 9

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Subtracting fractions Lesson
13
(part 1)
Starter

I will take 1 chocolate.

What fraction of the box of chocolates is left after

Jacob takes 1 piece?

Example
1
Each piece is __ of the box of chocolates.
6

5
This is 6 of the box of chocolates.

1
Jacob takes __ of the box of chocolates.
6

_5_ − __
1 _4_
=
6 6 6
_4_ = _2_
6 3 4
We can simplify 6 .
_2_ of the box of chocolates is left.
3
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Practice
1 Subtract and simplify.
7 1
(a) __ − __ = =
8 8

7 3
(b) __ − __ = =
8 8

9 3
(c) ___ − ___ = =
10 10

5 2
(d) __ − __ = =
9 9

2 Subtract and simplify.

5 2 11 2
(a) __ – __ = = (b) ___ – ___ = =
6 6 12 12

13 8 7 2
(c) ___ – ___ = = (d) ___ – ___ = =
15 15 10 10

3 Answer the question in four different ways.

4 1 4 1
(a) – = __ = __ (b) – = __ = __
8 8 8 2 8 8 8 2

4 1 4 1
(c) – = __ = __ (d) – = __ = __
8 8 8 2 8 8 8 2

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Subtracting fractions Lesson
14
(part 2)
Starter
1
Ravi uses __ of the art paper.
4
What fraction of the art paper is left?

Example
The art paper is divided into quarters.
1 1= 4
Ravi uses __ of the art paper. 4
4
1 4
Subtract __ from __ .
4 4

4
1 _3_
_4_ – __ = 1 whole
= 4
4 4 4

_3_ of the art paper is left.

4

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Practice
1 Subtract.
1
(a) 1 − __ =
3

2
(b) 1 − __ =
5

5
(c) 1 − __ =
6

3
(d) 1 − __ =
7

2 Subtract and simplify.

2 3
(a) 1 – __ = = (b) 1 – __ = =
8 9

2 3
(c) 1 – ___ = = (d) 1 – __ = =
10 6

3 Fill in the blanks.

4 2 1
(a) 1 – = __ = __ (b) 1 – = = __
6 6 3 10 10 2

1
(c) 1 – = __
4 2

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Finding part of a set Lesson
15
(part 1)
Starter
Ruby and Charles share this bag of
apples equally.
How many apples do they each get?
How many ways can the apples be shared?

Example

8÷2=4

_1_ of 8 apples = 4 apples

2
Ruby and Charles get 4 apples each.

Can the apples be shared equally between 4 children?

8÷4=2

1
__ of 8 apples = 2 apples
4

Can the apples be shared equally between 8 children?

8÷8=1

_1_ of 8 apples = 1 apple

8
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Practice
1 Fill in the blanks.

(a) Circle the biscuits to show 4 equal groups.

1
__ of 16 biscuits = biscuits
4
(b) Circle the pears to show 3 equal groups.

1
__ of 15 pears = pears
3
2 Draw to help you find part of the set.
(a)

1
__ of 12 pineapples = pineapples
4
(b)

1
__ of 20 footballs = footballs
5
(c)

1
__ of 18 children = children
3
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Finding part of a set Lesson
16
(part 2)
Starter
3
Lulu uses __ of the box of eggs to make cakes.
4
How many eggs does Lulu use to make the cakes?

Example

Start by finding
1 of the eggs.
4

1
__ of 12 eggs = 3 eggs
4

_3_ of 12 eggs = 3 × 3 eggs

4
= 9 eggs

_3_ of a box of 12 eggs is 9 eggs.

4
Lulu uses 9 eggs to make the cakes.

34
Practice
1 Draw to help you find part of the set.

(a)

2
__ of 10 apricots = apricots
5
(b)

2
__ of 18 flowers = flowers
3
(c)

5
__ of 30 tomatoes = tomatoes
6
(d)

3
__ of 36 books = books
4

2 Fill in the blanks.

2
(a) __ of 12 =
3

3
(b) __ of 12 =
4

4
(c) __ of 20 =
5

5
(d) __ of 24 =
6

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Sharing 1 Lesson
17

Starter
How can we share 1 bar of chocolate
between more than 1 person?

Example
Two friends share the chocolate.
1
1 ÷ 2 = __
2

Chocolate
1
0 1
2

Three friends share the chocolate.

1
1 ÷ 3 = __
3

1 1 1
3 3 3

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Four friends share the chocolate.
1
1 ÷ 4 = __
4

1 1 1 1
4 4 4 4

Practice
1 Divide.

(a) 1 ÷ 5 = (b) 1 ÷ 7 =

(c) 1 ÷ 9 = (d) 1 ÷ 10 =

(e) 1 ÷ 12 = (f ) 1 ÷ 20 =

2 Fill in the blanks.

1
(a) 1 ÷ = __
2

(b) 2 ÷ =1

1
(c) ÷ 6 = __
6

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Sharing more than 1 Lesson
18

Starter
How can we share 2 fruit strips between 3 children?

Example

This is 1.

Cut each fruit

strip into thirds. 1 1

1
3

1
Each piece is __ .
3
2 1 1 2
Each child receives 2 pieces or __ of a fruit strip. + =
3 3 3 3
2
2 ÷ 3 = __
3
2
When we divide 2 whole fruit strips between 3 children, each child gets __ .
3

38
Practice
Divide.

1 3÷4=

2 4÷5=

3 6÷7=

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Sharing more than 1 Lesson
19
using improper fractions
Starter
Lulu needs to cut the sushi rolls so there is an equal amount on each plate.

How much sushi roll will be on each plate?

Example
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Each whole roll is shared equally between 4 plates.

1 20 quarters ÷ 4
1 ÷ 4 = __
4 = 5 quarters
Each roll is cut into quarters.

Five whole rolls are shared equally between 4 plates.

5
5 ÷ 4 = __
4
5
Each plate will have 5 quarters or __ of sushi roll on it.
4
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 When the numerator of a fraction
is greater than or equal to
the denominator, we call it an
improper fraction.

Practice
Divide.

1 5÷4=

2 6÷5=

3 5÷2=

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Review and challenge
1 Add.
2 4 4 5
(a) __ + __ = (b) __ + __ =
7 7 9 9

5 5 6 5
(c) __ + __ = (d) ___ + ___ =
11 11 12 12

2 Find all the pairs of tenths that make 1.

+ , + , + ,

+ , +

3 Subtract.

6 1 8 3
(a) __ – __ = (b) __ – __ =
7 7 9 9

10 3 4 4
(c) ___ – __ = (d) __ – __ =
11 11 5 5

4 Find the first 5 equivalent fractions for each of these fractions.

1
(a) __ = = = = =
3

1
(b) __ = = = = =
5

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5 Subtract.
1
2
(a) 1 – __ =
5

8
(b) 1 – ___ =
10

7
(c) 1 – __ =
8

9
(d) 1 – __ =
11

6 Simplify these fractions.

6 10 6
(a) __ = (b) ___ = (c) ___ =
8 15 10

15 12 10
(d) ___ = (e) ___ = (f ) ___ =
25 18 24

7 Circle the greater fraction.

3 3
(a) __ __
4 5
6 7 2 3
(b) __ __ (c) __ __
7 8 3 4

8 Add and simplify.

1 5 1 7
(a) __ + __ = = (b) ___ + ___ = =
8 8 10 10

1 11 2 4
(c) ___ + ___ = = (d) __ + __ = =
12 12 9 9

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9 Subtract and simplify.
5 1 7 1
(a) __ – __ = = (b) ___ – ___ = =
8 8 10 10

11 1 5 2
(c) ___ – ___ = = (d) __ – __ = =
12 12 9 9

10 8 children share 5 sandwiches.

What fraction of a sandwich does each of them get?

Each child gets of a sandwich.

11 5 children share 8 sandwiches.

What fraction of the sandwiches does each of them get?

Each child gets sandwiches.

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12 A baker makes a batch of pies.
4 2
He sells __ of them in the morning and __ of them in
9 9
the afternoon.
What fraction of the total batch is left over?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

of the total batch is left over.

1
13 Elliott bakes 36 biscuits. He eats __ of the biscuits and
6
1_
_
gives of the total amount to his friends.
3
How many biscuits does Elliott have left?

Elliott has biscuits left.

1
14 Ravi was on holiday for __ of the days in February. February
4
M T W T F S S
For how many days was Ravi on holiday? 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28

Ravi was on holiday for days.

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Answers
1 5 4 4 5 1 10 3 3 5 1
Page 5 1 (a) ___ (b) ___ 2 (a) ___ (b) ___ (c) ___ OR __ (d) ___ OR 1 (e) ___ (f) ___ (g) ___ OR __
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2 (a–d) Answers will vary. 3 (a) __ + __ + __ = __ (b) __ + __ + __ = __ OR 1 (c) __ + __ + __ = __ (d) __ + __ + __ = __
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(c) 4 6 2 (a) __ + __ = __ (b) __ + __ = __ OR __ (c) __ + __ = __ OR 1
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Page 13 1 (a) __ − __ = __ (b) __ − __ = __ (c) __ − __ = __ (d) ___ − ___ = ___ 2 Charles has __ of the money he started with left.
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Page 15 1 (a) (b) OR 2 = , = , = 3 Oak’s slices were of a pizza, Ruby’s slices were __ of a
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pizza, and Holly’s slices were of a pizza.
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2 (a) × 2 (b) × 3

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× 2 × 3

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× 5 × 5 ÷ 4 ÷ 3

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Page 25 1 (a) __ is greater than __ (b) __ is smaller than __ 2 (a) __ < __ (b) __ > ___ (c) __ > __
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(d) __ < __ (e) __ > __ (f) __ < __ 3 ___ , ___ , __ , __
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Page 33 1 (a) Answers will vary. For example:

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of 16 biscuits = 4 biscuits (b) of 15 pears = 5 pears
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2 (a) __ of 12 pineapples = 3 pineapples (b) __ of 20 footballs = 4 footballs (c) __ of 18 children = 6 children
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Page 35 1 (a) __ of 10 apricots = 4 apricots (b) __ of 18 flowers = 12 flowers
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(c) __ of 30 tomatoes = 25 tomatoes (d) __ of 36 books = 27 books 2 (a) __ of 12 = 8
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Page 41 1 5 ÷ 4 = __ 2 6 ÷ 5 = __ 3 5 ÷ 2 = __
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Page 43 5 (a) 1 − __ = __ (b) 1 − ___ = ___ OR __ (c) 1 − __ = __ (d) 1 − __ = __ 6 (a) __ = __ (b) ___ = __ (c) ___ = __ (d) ___ = __
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