Understanding Fractions:
Year 5

Build confident fraction understanding with clear, practical ideas for Year 5.

Fractions don’t need to feel confusing.

In Year 5, children deepen their understanding of the whole, compare and order common fractions, and begin solving addition and subtraction with like denominators. These ideas are powerful, but they can feel abstract without the right support at home.

These Quick Wins gives families simple, confidence‑building ways to support those ideas at home using everyday objects and clear language.

Perfect for busy parents who want maths support to feel natural, achievable and aligned with what teachers are building in class.

Why this Quick Win matters

Fractions become more formal in Year 5, and this is often where parents begin to feel unsure.

Children are expected to recognise the role of the number one as representing the whole, compare and order fractions accurately, and solve addition and subtraction problems using fractions with like denominators. These ideas require strong reasoning, and many children need repeated, hands‑on experiences to make sense of them.

This Quick Win gives you that.

It shows families how to make these concepts concrete, visual, and easy to talk about at home. When parents feel confident, children feel supported. And when home and school are aligned, maths becomes smoother, stronger, and far less stressful.

What's Included:

Parent videos: short, friendly walkthroughs showing exactly how to explore the Year 5 concepts at home.
PDF summary: key ideas, language prompts, and simple activities.

It’s designed to give you clarity, confidence, and a practical way to support your child’s learning at home.

A small step that makes a big difference

When parents feel confident supporting fractions, children feel confident learning them.

These Quick Wins makes that support simple, achieveable, and genuinely helpful.

Start here: a short overview of the two big ideas in Year 5 fractions

Each video includes simple activities you can use at home.
Choose the one you’d like to start with.

Fractions: Year 5 - Part 2$15.50

Part 2 covers around recognising the role of the number one
as representing the whole, and comparing and ordering
common fractions

Fractions: Year 5 - Part 3$15.50

Part 3 covers solving addition and subtraction
of fractions with like denominators

Why 2 parts?

Your time is precious, and I want to honour that.

Year 5 fractions include two big ideas, and each one deserves space to breathe.

Both videos are between 6 and 7.5 minutes long - short enough to watch anytime, but long enough to explain each concept clearly.

Combining them into one video would feel rushed and overwhelming. Keeping them separate means you get two focused, practical guides you can use straight away.

See the full fraction journey

Year 5 is where fraction understanding really deepens - children compare fractional sizes, work flexibly with equivalence, and begin adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. These ideas rely on the strong foundations built in earlier years.

If you’d like to see how this idea grew from Kindergarten right through to now, and how they
continue to build through to the end of Stage 3, you can explore the full Fractions progression here.

It shows every building block your child will meet across primary school, in one simple place.