Adding Fractions & Mixed Numbers

Worksheets for practicing addition of fractions. Includes adding fractions with the same denominator (easy) and addition with unlike denominators (harder). There are also worksheets for adding mixed numbers.

Adding Fractions:
Same Denominator

This practice sheet has 12 horizontal problems. Add fractions with like denominators and simplify the answer. (example: 2/7 + 3/7)

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Adding fractions with the same denominators, No simplifying (All answers already in lowest terms), All vertical problems. (example: 4/6 + 1/6 = 5/6)

Worksheet for adding fractions with denominators that are the same; Requires simplifying; Vertical problems. (example: 1/6 + 2/6 = 3/6)

Worksheet for adding fractions with the same denominators, Horizontal and vertical problems. (example: 2/6 + 3/6 = 5/6)

This file has 30 task cards that you can cut apart. Use them for classroom scavenger hunts, learning centers, exit slips, or peer help sessions.

This printable has basic, horizontal problems with like denominators. Includes a mix of addition and subtraction problems.

Answers greater than 1, Requires converting from improper fractions to mixed number, All horizontal problems. (example: 5/8 + 4/8 = 1 1/8)

Another worksheet for adding fractions with like denominators, All horizontal problems. (example: 3/8 + 2/8 = 5/8)

On top of the page is an array of shapes with fractions in them. Students should add pairs of fractions in similar shapes. Example: Find the sum of the the fractions in the triangles.

Students solve addition problems with fractions with the same denominators. They then use their answers to solve the riddle.

Adding Fractions:
Different Denominators

Worksheet for adding fractions with denominators that are different; Only one addend needs to be changed; Vertical problems; Requires simplifying. (example: 1/3 + 1/6 = 1/2)

Another worksheet for adding fractions with denominators that are different. (example: 1/4 + 1/2 = 3/4) Vertical problems.

This worksheet has twelve horizontal fraction addition problems. All problems have unlike denominators.

This page has polygons with fractions in them. Students add similar polygons together. For example: Find the sum of the fractions in the hexagons.

Adding fractions with two unlike denominators, Requires simplifying, Vertical problems, Advanced level

Adding Mixed Numbers:
Same Denominators

On this page you'll find 12 horizontal mixed number addition problems. All addends have like denominators.

Use this worksheet to help students practice a range of different types of mixed-number-addition problems.

Adding Mixed Numbers:
Different Denominators

Adding mixed numbers with different denominators. There are no improper fractions in the addends or the answers.

Add pairs of mixed numbers with unlike denominators. This page has 12 problems, and there is space for students to show their work.

With this worksheet, students can practice solving several different types of mixed number addition problems.

At the top of the page, students are given a set of mixed numbers with basic shapes around them. Students add numbers with similar shapes. For example: Add the numbers in the trapezoids.

Here are some horizontal problems for adding and subtracting mixed numbers with unlike denominators. All problems are horizontal.

These addition problems have mixed numbers with improper fractions in the sums. A few also have improper fractions as addends.

This page has worksheets on subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. Includes like and unlike denominators.

Worksheets for teaching basic fractions, equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, comparing fractions, and ordering fractions. There are also worksheets on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions.