Year 5 Equivalent Fractions Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 fractions worksheet.
Year 5 Equivalent Fractions Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Part A: Find the missing number
Multiply or divide the numerator and denominator by the same number.
1. =
Answer: 4
- 2 × 4 = 8, so multiply the numerator by 4 too
- 1 × 4 = 4
2. =
Answer: 49
- 8 × 7 = 56, so multiply the numerator by 7 too
- 7 × 7 = 49
3. =
Answer: 21
- 1 × 7 = 7, so multiply the denominator by 7 too
- 3 × 7 = 21
4. =
Answer: 24
- 1 × 2 = 2, so multiply the denominator by 2 too
- 12 × 2 = 24
5. =
Answer: 8
- 2 × 8 = 16, so multiply the numerator by 8 too
- 1 × 8 = 8
6. =
Answer: 22
- 10 × 2 = 20, so multiply the denominator by 2 too
- 11 × 2 = 22
7. =
Answer: 42
- 1 × 7 = 7, so multiply the denominator by 7 too
- 6 × 7 = 42
8. =
Answer: 10
- 1 × 5 = 5, so multiply the denominator by 5 too
- 2 × 5 = 10
Part B: Choose the equivalent fraction
9.Which fraction is equivalent to ?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 2: .
10.Which fraction is equivalent to ?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 4: .
11.Which fraction is equivalent to ?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 2: .
12.Which fraction is equivalent to ?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 2: .
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