Multiplying Fractions Worksheets, Year 5-7 Maths, Visual Models

25-page Multiplying Fractions pack for Year 5-6 (KS2): fractions × whole numbers, fractions × fractions and a mixed challenge, with visual models and guided steps. Answers included.

Fractions are so much less scary once children have actually seen what’s going on. That’s the whole idea behind this pack.

I tutor maths, and this is the order that has worked best with my own pupils: look at a picture first, work through a few problems with some help, then try it alone. The pages follow that same path. Fractions times whole numbers come first, then fractions times fractions, and a mixed challenge at the end pulls it all together.

Many of the pupils I’ve tutored do the same two things: they multiply straight across without really knowing what it means, and then they forget to simplify. So the pictures come first, and simplifying is built right into the guided pages.

What’s Inside (25 Printable Pages)

Fractions × Whole Numbers
✔ Visual models to see the groups
✔ Guided fill-in steps
✔ Independent practice with simplifying
✔ Mixed practice, with the whole number on either side

Fractions × Fractions
✔ Visual models for “a fraction of a fraction”
✔ Simplify-first strategy to keep numbers small
✔ Guided steps, then independent practice
✔ Answers as simplified fractions and mixed numbers

Ultimate Mixed Challenge
✔ Everything mixed together, no hints

Also Included
✔ Full answer key
✔ A4 and US Letter versions

Where It Fits
✔ Year 5-6 Maths (KS2 )
✔ Lessons and homework
✔ Small groups and intervention
✔ Early finishers
✔ Cover lessons
✔ A quick review before a test

It works whether pupils are meeting this skill for the first time or just need more practice.

If you have a question, or something you’d like to see in a future pack, message me anytime.