Help your students relate math to real life with this fraction operations review activity! These 6th and 7th grade math word problems challenge students to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions with mixed numbers.

This real world math activity is perfect for group work, independent practice, or sub plans in your middle school math classroom. You can also use this simplifying fractions activity as a stand-alone formative assessment.

This fraction operations review activity includes:

✅ Adding and subtracting fractions by finding least common denominator

✅ Multiplying and dividing fractions

✅ Fractions with mixed numbers

✅ Critical thinking and open ended reflection questions

☆Answer key included☆

Real life applications are an essential part of any curriculum, but can often intimidate students. This activity offers scaffolding to support students as they learn to solve word problems and navigate the problem solving process. 

What is the real world scenario?

A bakery is preparing recipes for different sized batches of baked goods. Use your knowledge of fraction operations to measure the ingredients.

How is this real life application different than regular word problems?

Most word problems have one question that needs to be answered and little follow up or detail. My real world math activities stretch one idea or scenario into a meaningful performance task that can be used as a full assessment of student learning. 

This application is more than interpreting the question and quickly getting to the answer. Your students will be challenged to think critically about each scenario and defend their solutions.

The best part? All of the topics are relevant and modernized (because kids don't care about calculating CD sales or cell phone minutes anymore).

How I have used this real world math application:

⭐Whole Group: This real world math activity is perfect for breaking down word problems and reviewing fraction operations with mixed numbers.

⭐Small Group: Your students can work together to complete this activity and have discussions about simplifying fractions.

⭐ Individual: You can use this activity as a formative assessment for your 6th or 7th grade math students. It should take them about one class period to complete on their own.

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