Complete the Whole

Free interactive math game: Complete the Whole — 3/7 + ? = 1. Part of the Fractions category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. 2/7 + ?/7 = 1
  2. 2/4 + ?/4 = 1
  3. 8/9 + ?/9 = 1
  4. 2/8 + ?/8 = 1

About this exercise

Finding the fraction needed to complete a whole.

How to solve it

Subtract the fraction from one, written with the same denominator.

Worked example

Three eighths plus five eighths makes eight eighths, so the missing piece is five eighths.

Common mistake

Subtracting from the denominator alone. The whole is the denominator over itself, such as 8 over 8.