Year 6 Equivalent Fractions Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 6 fractions worksheet.
Year 6 Equivalent Fractions Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Part A: Find the missing number
Multiply or divide the numerator and denominator by the same number.
1. =
Answer: 8
- 3 × 4 = 12, so multiply the numerator by 4 too
- 2 × 4 = 8
2. =
Answer: 12
- 4 × 4 = 16, so multiply the numerator by 4 too
- 3 × 4 = 12
3. =
Answer: 10
- 3 × 5 = 15, so multiply the numerator by 5 too
- 2 × 5 = 10
4. =
Answer: 3
- 3 × 3 = 9, so multiply the numerator by 3 too
- 1 × 3 = 3
5. =
Answer: 8
- 3 × 8 = 24, so multiply the numerator by 8 too
- 1 × 8 = 8
6. =
Answer: 108
- 7 × 9 = 63, so multiply the denominator by 9 too
- 12 × 9 = 108
7. =
Answer: 30
- 5 × 5 = 25, so multiply the denominator by 5 too
- 6 × 5 = 30
8. =
Answer: 16
- 1 × 8 = 8, so multiply the denominator by 8 too
- 2 × 8 = 16
Part B: Choose the equivalent fraction
9.Which fraction is equivalent to ?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 4: .
10.Which fraction is equivalent to ?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 2: .
11.Which fraction is equivalent to ?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 4: .
12.Which fraction is equivalent to ?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer:
Multiply numerator and denominator by 3: .
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