Fraction - Increase and Decrease WORKSHEET
Fraction - Increase and Decrease WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION
Throughout this worksheet learners will increase and decrease integers by unit and non unit fractions.
Section A uses bar models to build students' confidence. Bar models are an effective visual tool to help learners understand increasing or decreasing an amount by a certain fraction.
In section B students will answer 8 further questions without the support of bar models.
Then section C shows learners how to use fraction multiplication in order to increase or decrease an amount by a fraction. Students will then use this method to answer another 8 questions.
Challenge your pupils in section D with four problem solving questions.
All worksheets are created by the team of experienced teachers at Cazoom Maths.
RELATED TO Fraction - Increase and Decrease WORKSHEET
Frequently Asked Questions
Students should be comfortable with simplifying fractions and multiplying fractions by integers before tackling this resource. They'll also need to be confident finding fractions of amounts, as these foundational skills underpin the more complex operations of increasing and decreasing by fractions that this worksheet develops.