Class 6 Fractions — practice questions with answers

'Two-sevenths' means 2 out of 7 equal parts — the numerator is 2 and the denominator is 7.

Like fractions share the same denominator. $\frac{2}{9}$, $\frac{5}{9}$ and $\frac{7}{9}$ all have denominator 9, so they are like fractions.

Like fractions: 11 − 6 = 5, keep denominator 15, giving $\frac{5}{15}$. Divide top and bottom by 5: $\frac{5}{15}=\frac{1}{3}$.

The denominators are the same, so these are like fractions — the sixteenth-sized pieces are identical and we simply count them. Since 13 > 9, we get $\frac{13}{16}>\frac{9}{16}$. No common denominator work is needed when the denominators already match.

R is a correct rule. Applying it, $\frac{1}{3}=\frac{2}{6}$, so $\frac{2}{6}+\frac{1}{6}=\frac{3}{6}=\frac{1}{2}$ — not $\frac{2}{9}$. The $\frac{2}{9}$ in A came from adding the numerators and the denominators separately. So A is false while R is true.