The worksheet titled "Operations With Fractions and Related Skills" includes 9 or 12 individual boxes on each page with a single problem inside each one, giving students plenty of space to work out the answer. Equations feature fractions with problems that include all four operations. Some problems also ask students to:
* Find the least common denominator
* Reduce a fraction to its lowest terms
* Write the reciprocal
* Change a fraction to a mixed number
Most of the questions on each page involve working with fractions, but there are a few that involve adding or subtracting decimals. There are also a few problems where students add a negative number to a positive number or subtract a number, with the possibility of finding a negative answer.
Regular practice is one of the best ways for students to learn how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. That's especially true when it comes to the strategies that are needed to find the answer, such as finding a common denominator or writing the reciprocal.
Worksheets are a great way to get practice, especially if students can work in pairs, small groups, or as a class to find the answers as they are learning. Using visuals can be a powerful way to learn fractions, because students can see how fractions with different denominators can be equal. As students need a greater challenge, you can have them work on multi-step problems. For example, they might have to identify a common denominator or convert two decimals to fractions before they can find the answer.


