Year 6 · Maths
Solve Fraction Multiples Problems
Year 6 learners practise using common multiples to solve fraction problems.
The activities include Find Lowest Common Multiples to Solve Fraction Problems, Understand Unequal Sharing Using Fractions. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, interactive. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Find Lowest Common Multiples to Solve Fraction Problems
- Understand Unequal Sharing Using Fractions
Checked learning resources
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Add and subtract non-related fractions with different denominators
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Current Oak Year 6 lesson says common denominators for non-related fractions can be found using common multiples, and fractions need the same denominator to add/subtract them.
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Year 6 Ratio Solve Problems Involving Unequal Sharing and Grouping Maths Mastery Activities PowerPoint
Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required
Twinkl says this PowerPoint provides maths mastery activities based on the Year 6 objective to solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples.
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Year 6 Spring Block 1 Ratio - Ratio and fractions
White Rose Maths · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
White Rose Year 6 ratio scheme includes the objective to solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples, with key questions linking ratios and fractions.
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Year 6 Lowest Common Denominator Worksheets
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Twinkl explains the lowest common denominator is found by listing multiples of denominators and choosing the smallest common multiple.
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Multiplying fractions and whole numbers
Khan Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Khan support for multiplying fractions and whole numbers reinforces the calculation behind finding a non-unit fraction of a whole number, but it is not specific to Year 6 unequal-sharing word problems.
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Solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples
Mathsframe · Interactive · Opens on the provider website
Mathsframe category is explicitly named for solving problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples, and includes a Year 6 ratio and proportion interactive quiz.
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Find the Common Denominator
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Twinkl collection offers Year 6/KS2 resources for finding common denominators, adding/subtracting fractions, and working with multiples.
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Year 6 Common Factors, Common Multiples and Prime Numbers Resources
Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required
Year 6 KS2 resource collection aligned to identifying common factors, common multiples and prime numbers, with supporting HCF and LCM resources for problem practice.