Unit Plan
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Simplifying Fractions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The learning activity examines how to simplify fractions. The resource consists of explanations, examples with solutions, and a simplifying fraction tool.
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Soccer Math: Simplifying Fractions Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This sports game challenges students to simplify fractions into lowest terms and then score a goal with the soccer ball.
Unit Plan
Other

Project Happy Child: Simplifying Fractions Worksheets

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
At this location there are three simple stories that explain the basic concept of simplifying fractions or finding their lowest terms. Then there are 12 worksheets that increase in difficulty to help students practice this concept.
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Other

Project Happy Child: Fractions and Percents

For Students 3rd - 8th
Miss Walker explains to Bart the fine details of the relationship between fractions and percents. At the end of the discourse is a link, "Free worksheets for percentages," where you can go to print off some practice sheets.
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Lesson Tutor

Lesson Tutor: Divisibility Rules Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 8th
A worksheet of twenty practice problems is given here for students wishing more help with the concept of reducing fractions down to their lowest terms. The first several questions are accompanied with explanation, and a link to the...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Area Models for Multiplication of Fractions

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Use area models to show a visual representation of the product of two fractions. This interactive exercise focuses on multiplying fractions and reducing them when possible.
Interactive
Visual Fractions

Visual Fractions: Subtract and Simplify Fractions With Circle Models

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this interactive site from Visual Fractions to practice subtraction with fractions using circles. You will need to answer the questions with mixed numbers in lowest terms.
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Baseball Math: Simplifying Fractions Game

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Students hit a baseball to answer the simplifying fraction problems.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Reducing or Simplifying Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces how to simplify or reduce a fraction to the lowest terms. Prerequisites include: multiplying fractions, factoring, introduction to the concept of the Greatest Common Factor.
Activity
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Percents to Fractions

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site explains how to convert percents to fractions. Games and exercises are provided to practice the skill.
Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ratios and Fractions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A seventh-grade student is having trouble understanding ratios, fractions, and simplest form. Dr. Math to the rescue! Real-world, easy to grasp examples.
Activity
Teaching Treasures Publications

Teaching Treasures: Year Five Math (Page 5)

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Sharpen your computation skills with this interactive worksheet. The focus is adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators and reducing to lowest terms. Problems are set up horizontally and answers can be checked...
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Ratios, Fractions, and Percentages

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This page explores how ratios can be written as fractions. The site also discusses proportions and reducing ratios with problems and examples.
Website
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: General Math

For Students 3rd - 8th
An extraordinary site that will help you with your math homework. Presented in a format that is both easy to understand and educational. Navigate through numerous instant-answer, self-help math solvers to help you figure out your math...
Interactive
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Laberinto De Fracciones

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice simplifying fractions by playing a fraction domino game.
Graphic
Curated OER

Low Terms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice finding the lowest term name for a variety of different fractions using a number line.
Unit Plan
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Math Lesson Working With Ratios

For Students 2nd - 5th
Did you know that chefs must know how to use ratios in order to prepare meals? Learn the value of understanding how to write ratios, ratio proportionality, and ratios in lowest terms in this interactive lesson. Based on real world...
Graphic
Curated OER

Visual Fractions:strict Fraction Subtraction With Circles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this interactive site from Visual Fractions to practice subtraction with fractions using circles. You will need to answer the questions with mixed numbers in lowest terms.
Graphic
Curated OER

Visual Fractions:strict Fraction Subtraction With Circles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this interactive site from Visual Fractions to practice subtraction with fractions using circles. You will need to answer the questions with mixed numbers in lowest terms.
Graphic
Curated OER

Lowest Terms With Circles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice finding the lowest term name for a variety of different fractions using circles.
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AAA Math

Aaa Math: Ratios

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This short exercise gives the student a ratio in reduced terms, and then gives the students a replacement value for one part of the ratio. The student is then to input the other part of the replacement ratio so as to keep the two ratios...
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Fraction Slice Special Test

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A succinct tool for assessing decimal and fraction concepts. Assessment is scored online. An excellent tool for use as a quick assessment.
Activity
Teaching Treasures Publications

Teaching Treasures: Year Five Math (Page 3)

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive worksheet that focuses on adding and subtracting fractions. The worksheet covers concepts such as mixed numbers, reducing to lowest terms, and changing mixed numbers to improper fractions. Problems are set up horizontally...
Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Height to Weight Ratio

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A student asks Dr. Math, "If I have a friend that weighs 155 pounds and is five feet, four inches tall, what is his height-to-weight ratio?" Find out how Dr. Math solves this problem and get a better understanding of the concept of ratio.