MCA Grade 5 Number and Operations—Fractions. Practice it free.

Uses equivalent fractions, fraction operations, and fraction-as-division ideas to solve problems. This Grade 5 reporting domain maps to 1 practice skill and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.

Grade 51 mapped skills
What the test measures

Number and Operations—Fractions skills

  1. Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators

  2. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions

  3. Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator

  4. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction

  5. Interpret multiplication as scaling

  6. Divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions

Standards basis

Minnesota Academic Standards in Mathematics (2007; assessed by MCA-III in grades 3-8 and 11 through 2026-27. 2022 standards phase in with MCA-IV beginning 2027-28) — Minnesota

How the MCA reports it

Minnesota’s MCA math is a state assessment tied to Minnesota Academic Standards in Mathematics rather than a separate national framework. The official public resources available here point to Minnesota-specific standards implementation, and absent a test blueprint, the coverage map should be organized by the state’s grade-level math domains that closely parallel CCSS-M. Note: the current MCA-III assesses the 2007 Minnesota standards in grades 3-8 and 11; Minnesota administers a single comprehensive high-school (grade 11) math test, NOT Algebra I / Geometry / Algebra II end-of-course exams — the 'High School / MCA EOC' band below is the grade-11 HS administration. (MCA-IV on the 2022 standards begins 2027-28.)

Blueprint & weighting

MCA uses the Independent / state-specific framework (by grade domains structure).

Practice by skill

Topics mapped to this domain

Adding and subtracting fractions

Grade 5210 questions
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8 free questions · 0/0 correct

Practice playeasy

What is 58−38\dfrac{5}{8} - \dfrac{3}{8}?

Same denominator: 5−38\dfrac{5 - 3}{8}. Result: 14\dfrac{1}{4}.

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What is 36+23\dfrac{3}{6} + \dfrac{2}{3}?

LCD is 6: 36+46=76\dfrac{3}{6} + \dfrac{4}{6} = \dfrac{7}{6}.

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What is 12−15\dfrac{1}{2} - \dfrac{1}{5}?

LCD is 10: 510−210=310\dfrac{5}{10} - \dfrac{2}{10} = \dfrac{3}{10}.

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What is 12+34\dfrac{1}{2} + \dfrac{3}{4}?

LCD is 4: 24+34=54\dfrac{2}{4} + \dfrac{3}{4} = \dfrac{5}{4}.

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What is 68−13\dfrac{6}{8} - \dfrac{1}{3}?

LCD is 24: 1824−824=512\dfrac{18}{24} - \dfrac{8}{24} = \dfrac{5}{12}.

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What is 26+16\dfrac{2}{6} + \dfrac{1}{6}?

26+16=12\dfrac{2}{6} + \dfrac{1}{6} = \dfrac{1}{2}.

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What is 67−27\dfrac{6}{7} - \dfrac{2}{7}?

Same denominator: 6−27\dfrac{6 - 2}{7}. Result: 47\dfrac{4}{7}.

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What is 68+48\dfrac{6}{8} + \dfrac{4}{8}?

68+48=54\dfrac{6}{8} + \dfrac{4}{8} = \dfrac{5}{4}.

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5.NF.A.1
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