Year 4 adding and subtracting fractions test to download as PDF

This Year 4 adding and subtracting fractions test lasts 35 minutes and is marked out of 20. It covers the whole chapter for pupils aged 8-9, and the full answers are on a separate page.

⏱️ Duration : 35 min
🎯 Total : 20 marks
❓ 5 questions

Mark/20

Question 1 – Equivalent fractions
Answer each part.
1. Complete: ²⁄₃ = ^?⁄₉ (1 mark)
2. Complete: ⁶⁄₈ = ^?⁄₄ (1 mark)
3. Which is bigger, ³⁄₄ or ⁵⁄₈? Explain. (2 marks)
Question 2 – Adding and subtracting
Work out each answer. Write answers bigger than 1 as mixed numbers.
1. ³⁄₉ + ⁴⁄₉ (1 mark)
2. ⁷⁄₁₀ − ³⁄₁₀ (1 mark)
3. ⁵⁄₆ + ³⁄₆ (2 marks)
Question 3 – Fractions of amounts
Work out the answers. Show both steps.
1. ³⁄₅ of 40 (2 marks)
2. ²⁄₃ of £36 (2 marks)
Question 4 – Shared pizza
A pizza is cut into 12 equal slices. Tom eats ³⁄₁₂ of the pizza. Sara eats ⁴⁄₁₂ of the pizza.
1. What fraction have they eaten altogether? (1 mark)
2. What fraction is left? (1 mark)
3. Write the fraction that is left in its simplest form. (1 mark)
4. Tom says that he ate a quarter of the pizza. Is he right? (1 mark)
Question 5 – The school library
The school library has 80 books on one shelf. ³⁄₁₀ of the books are about animals, ²⁄₅ are story books and the rest are about space.
1. How many books are about animals? (1 mark)
2. How many books are story books? (1 mark)
3. What fraction of the books are about space? (Use tenths.) (2 marks)

How to use this Year 4 adding and subtracting fractions test

First, revise with the adding and subtracting fractions lesson and the worksheet. Then sit the test in one go, with a timer set to 35 minutes. After that, mark your work with the adding and subtracting fractions test answers. If you lose marks on a question, redo it the next day without help.

Finally, you can download this Year 4 adding and subtracting fractions test as a PDF and print it like a real exam paper. Moreover, all the pages of this chapter work together, so you can move between them at any time. For example, many pupils read the lesson on Monday, practise on Wednesday and test themselves on Friday.