Before pupils calculate with fractions they need to know what a fraction means: a whole split into equal parts, some of which are taken. This free fraction worksheet generator makes A4 worksheets with bars, circles, grids and sets of objects to read, shade, name and compare fractions, up to improper fractions and mixed numbers, with answer keys. Then move on to equivalent fractions and fraction operations.
Student worksheet 
Answer key Bars, circles and grids split into equal parts: the denominator is how many parts the whole has and the numerator how many are shaded. Level 2 also asks for the part not shaded, and level 3 uses several wholes, with the improper fraction and the mixed number.
The fraction is given in numbers, in words or as a mixed number, and pupils shade it. At level 3 there is one shape to spare, so they decide where to stop.
What fraction of a group of objects is shaded, equal groups to find 2/3 of 12 and, in Grades 5–6, fractions of amounts: divide by the denominator and multiply by the numerator.
One half, two thirds, three quarters, five twelfths: from numbers to words and back, and at level 3 improper fractions and mixed numbers (two and a third).
Two equal shapes to see which fraction is larger: with the same denominator, with the same numerator and, at level 3, shading them first.
Every worksheet has its answer key: the shading in colour, the fractions, their names, the steps of each fraction of an amount and the sign of every comparison. The pictures are black and white and print well on any printer.
Equivalent fractions worksheets: bar and circle pictures, missing numbers, chains, simplifying to the simplest form, cross products, common denominators and ordering fractions, with a step-by-step answer key.
Worksheets on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions, with mixed numbers and negative fractions, and a step-by-step answer key with the LCM, simplifying and mixed numbers.
Percentage of an amount, one amount as a percentage of another, increases and decreases with the multiplier, successive and reverse percentages, percentages, fractions and decimals and word problems, with a step-by-step answer key.