Basic 6Mathematics18 min

Unlike and Mixed Fraction Operations

Learners solve sharing loaves and packs with unlike denominators.

Add, subtract, and multiply fractions and mixed numbers.

A class shares loaves and snack packs cut into different-sized parts, so learners need common units before combining amounts.

Unlike and Mixed Fraction Operations illustration

Learners solve sharing loaves and packs with unlike denominators.

Add 1/3 + 1/4.

  1. Rename both fractions in twelfths: 1/3 = 4/12 and 1/4 = 3/12.
  2. Add like parts: 4/12 + 3/12 = 7/12.