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7th grade · Math · Unit 3 of 22

Fractions

Add, subtract, multiply, divide

What your child practices

Adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators, and multiplying and dividing a fraction by a fraction.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 7.3(A) · adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. To add or subtract, rename the fractions with a common denominator.
  2. To multiply, multiply the tops and multiply the bottoms.
  3. To divide, multiply by the reciprocal (flip the second fraction).

Example: 2/3 ÷ 1/6 = ? Flip 1/6 to 6/1 and multiply. 2/3 × 6 = 12/3. 12/3 = 4. Answer: 4

Fractions in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 3 of 22 in 7th grade Math, after Multiply & Divide Signed Numbers and before Decimal Operations.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What is 3/4 + 4/9?

    3/4 + 4/9

    • 1 7/36
    • 7/13
    • 1 2/9

  2. Question 2

    What is 1/3 ÷ 1/2?

    1/3 ÷ 1/2

    • 1/6
    • 1 1/2
    • 2/3

  3. Question 3

    What is 1/4 ÷ 1/3?

    1/4 ÷ 1/3

    • 3/4
    • 1/12
    • 1 1/3

  4. Question 4

    What is 3/5 × 1/6?

    3/5 × 1/6

    • 4/11
    • 3/11
    • 1/10

  5. Question 5

    What is 4/5 − 5/12?

    4/5 − 5/12

    • 23/60
    • 2/5
    • 1/7

  6. Question 6

    What is 1/2 + 3/5?

    1/2 + 3/5

    • 1 1/5
    • 1 1/10
    • 4/7

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