Fractions Worksheets

These worksheets span Year 7 through Year 11, covering both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 requirements. Year 7 resources typically consolidate primary fraction knowledge before extending to four operations with fractions, whilst Year 8 and 9 worksheets develop fluency with mixed numbers, improper fractions, and connections to decimals and percentages. Year 10 and 11 materials focus on GCSE preparation, including algebraic fractions and multi-step problems.

The progression reflects how fractions underpin numerous GCSE topics. Teachers notice that students who haven't secured fraction operations at KS3 struggle disproportionately with algebra, ratio, and probability at KS4. Year 7 worksheets might focus on finding three-fifths of 120, whilst Year 10 resources tackle dividing algebraic fractions or solving equations involving fractional coefficients, demonstrating how complexity builds across key stages.

Each worksheet builds procedural fluency through structured practice, starting with straightforward examples before introducing multi-step problems that combine operations. The resources typically include visual representations for fractions of numbers, step-by-step working for operations, and increasingly complex denominators that require students to find least common multiples independently. Answer sheets allow students to check their working at each stage rather than just final answers.

Teachers find these fraction worksheets particularly valuable for intervention groups where students need targeted practice without teacher-led instruction throughout. They work well as homework to consolidate classroom teaching, or as starter activities to diagnose whether students have retained fraction skills between topics. Paired work can be effective: one student completes odd questions whilst their partner tackles even questions, then they mark each other's work using the answer sheets and discuss any discrepancies.