How to add, subtract, multiply, divide fractions is an important foundational skill.
Learn these, practice them and always keep to the same methods!
There are 6 main numeracy skills that will help with your maths. Click here to read more.
Click here to visit subtraction skills, multiplication skills, divisions skills videos.
Fraction manipulation represents around 1/3rd (yes, really!) of a typical GCSE paper. Questions such as:
- 1/3 + 7/8 = ?
- percentages
- ratio
- division
- comparisons
- gradient
- equations
- algebra
- probability
- and so on ..
… all will use fractions in some form.
The study of fractions is one of the most important parts of foundational maths study. Fractions can be a little easier to ‘visualise’ when you are calculating. Try to develop a ‘reasonableness check’ while you are working through the calculations. For instance:
A quarter of 63456 is around 15,000
- because it’s nearly 60,000.
- and
- a quarter is half of a half*
try to ‘see’ a half of a half as a quarter, like this:
the quarter is half of the half
It gets a little trickier with some advanced fractions. Perhaps using ‘nearly equivalents’ would be helpful… such as 9/16 is around a half, or, 3/14 is a little less than a quarter.
Try some of the videos. Maybe you could stop halfway and try to guess the answer.
Equivalent fractions
Mixed numbers to improper fractions
Improper fractions to mixed numbers
How to add fractions – part 1
How to add fractions – part 2
How to takeaway or subtract fractions – part 1
How to takeway or subtract fractions – part 2
How top multiply fractions
How to multiply mixed fractions – including whole numbers
How to divide fractions – coming soon 🙂
Watch how to add, subtract, multiply, divide fractions on my YouTube channel.
Thank you so much again love your vids they help alot. Helped revise on my
test.
By the way if i my put a little suggestion, you should get a a better
microphone so that the quality of hearing is better. Just a little
suggestion.
Thanks for helping me a lot! 🙂
Thank you very much you really helped my children
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Good video thanks
Thank you for this video it has helped us alot
thnks buddy
its very useful for a boy like me
Really helpful :):-)
What happens if theres a whole number in front of a mixed number if your
dividing? Such as 12 divided by 3 1/3
thnx for the help u rock dude
thank u simon this video came in handy i watched it the day before my exams
Really helped me out. I forgot all about this, thanks for the demonstration
man.
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Thanks Man U are the best
So helpful for homeschooling my 12 yr old son .Thankyou Simon you explain
maths really well ,it’s now our favourite subject!
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Thanks and glad it helped 🙂
great thanks, very helpful, keep up the good work!
Hi – glad it was helpful. There’s a few adding fractions videos – if you search on the channel you should find them. Hope that’s OK. All best S
Thanks! Have you got a adding fractions video
Thanks for the video it really helped me on my homework
I think if I got to learn math while listening to his accent, I would have done a lot better lol just listening to him makes it fun, not to mention he makes it seem so much simpler than other teachers I’ve had, that’s for sure 🙂
Glad to help 🙂
this really helped me thanks a lot!
Thx
Hi – that’s great! Really glad the video helped. Thanks for letting me know. S
thats what i got confused with two whole numbers with fractions thx alot it really helped me i got a A+ in math class better then B+ =D
anyone else learn more form youtube videos then their actual maths teachers
Glad it helped and thanks for letting me know 🙂
Wow it really helped 🙂
@Manue Nono
thank you!
I need an A tomorrow! Hope soo
My math class was on this but I fell asleep so I have a test on this on Tuesday and now Ik how to do it
I wish you were my maths teacher
Legend! Just helped me with my homework 😀
i hate math but i like this video
I say to u the exact response she just said thankyou soo much
Thanks a bunch I have maths test 2mrow and I had no idea what to do until now … thank you 🙂
Ghetto teachers are the best
Thanks
You are the guy – thank you thank you thank you
LOL i like his ghetto white board
Thank you so much mr. I finally know how to do my homework now!!! 🙂
i learned more in this vid than 4 high school years….dam ghetto teachers
easy im 5 :p
Easy I’m 11
Thank u!!
this was actually the most helpful demonstration of this I’ve seen XD
well idk about you peeps but i learned more in a 3 min video then i did in a whole 2 weeks of school lol.
shut up ur gonna need this when your older and wow im 11 and I know that
freak bhahahahaha
i never realised youtube could be such an educational place! (:
wow i cant belive i actually understand this thanks u really helped
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thanks it was a big help
ok, this is it, this math teacher has it in him to instruct people like me
Using this to revise 🙂
Wow! Its actcually easy! Yay me 🙂 Thanks!!
well who knew fractions were this easy -.-
Thanks tis reall did help me to
Great stuff 🙂
THANKYOUUUU!!!!!! maths exam tomorrow!! I was SCREWED until now 😛
thanks alot!
Hi – I’ve only really seen a grid used with muliplication of whole numbers. It’s a good method and can work well if you’re happy to use it. The important thing is to find a method that suits you and always use it. Thanks for your question and good luck with your maths!
what about the grid method? wouldnt that be easier?
cheers
Thanks, really helpful revision. 🙂
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very useful
thanks buddy
sweet
thank you man i got a A on my test