🍕 4th grade math · Fractions & Decimals

Break a fraction apart

A mixed number is wholes and a fraction together, like 1 1/2. 1 1/2 is the same as 3/2: one whole is 2 halves, plus 1 more half.

Worked example

Write it as a mixed number.

Answer: 125

Every 5 fifths make 1 whole. 7 ÷ 5 = 1 with 2 left over. So 75 = 125.

For grown-ups: Fractions as sums of unit fractions; decompose. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

CCSS 4.NF.B.3a

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Practices fractions as sums of unit fractions; decompose (4.NF.B.3a). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Write it as a mixed number.
Show the answer and how
Answer: 126
Every 6 sixths make 1 whole. 8 ÷ 6 = 1 with 2 left over. So 86 = 126.
Write it as a mixed number.
Show the answer and how
Answer: 218
Every 8 eighths make 1 whole. 17 ÷ 8 = 2 with 1 left over. So 178 = 218.
Write it as a fraction.
Show the answer and how
Answer: 298
Every 8 eighths make 1 whole. 29 ÷ 8 = 3 with 5 left over. So 298 = 358.

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Break a fraction apart (4th grade)

Write it as a mixed number.
Write it as a fraction.
Write it as a mixed number.
Write it as a mixed number.
Write it as a fraction.
Write it as a fraction.
Write it as a mixed number.
Write it as a fraction.
Write it as a mixed number.
Write it as a mixed number.
Write it as a fraction.
Write it as a mixed number.

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Break a fraction apart (4th grade)

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