Curated OER
Equivalent Fractions and Comparing Fractions
How can you tell if fractions have equal value? Use various collaborative activities to demonstrate the ways to determine whether or not fractions are equivalent.
Intensive Intervention
Fractions as Numbers
Your learners will enjoy thoroughly understanding fractions, and you will appreciate the abundant, quality resources in this comprehensive unit that builds toward a complete understanding of the concept of fractions as numbers. Many...
EngageNY
Fraction Equivalence, Ordering, and Operations
Need a unit to teach fractions to fourth graders? Look no further than this well-developed and thorough set of lessons that takes teachers through all steps of planning, implementing, and assessing their lessons. Divided into eight...
National Security Agency
Fraction Fever
This unit on fractions allows for upper-aged elementary learners to explore ways to find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two numbers. Ultimately, young mathematicians will be able to identify equivalent fractions,...
Core Knowledge Foundation
A “Whole” Lot of Fraction Fun!
Young mathematicians are introduced to fractions in a unit that helps them to understand parts of a whole.
New York City Department of Education
Peter’s Garden
Watch scholars' understanding of fractions bloom. The resource presents a performance task where the fractions are equal parts from the same whole, and mathematicians must use them to solve problems about a grade level garden. Teachers...
Rice University
Rice University: Who Wants Pizza? A Fun Way to Learn About Fractions
These introductory lessons on fractions provide clear explanations and directions with interactive practice problems. Also includes a "teacher's notes" section with resource and standards information. Each section focuses on a different...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Equivalent Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand and write equivalent fractions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Equivalent Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify equivalent proper fractions, mixed numbers and improper fractions
Learning Wave Communications
Learning Wave: Fractions
This resource contains information about fractions and includes ratios, equivalent fractions, basic operations, and reciprocals. Several links for practice problems are also included, along with links to a post and pretest.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Fractions in Simplest Form
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Simplify fractions by dividing by the greatest common factor.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Identifying Equivalent Fractions
This site gives a brief explanation of how to compare fractions with different denominators. Gives practice and games to play to use this skill.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Equivalent Ratios
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Among rational numbers, identify and write different forms of equivalent ratios.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Flowering Fractions
An interactive web lesson teaches students about fraction concepts such as equivalent and equal parts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Mixed Numbers as Improper Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Rewrite given mixed numbers as improper fractions.
Other
Pbs Mathline: Fractions to Half or Half Not [Pdf]
This tutorial features a hands-on lesson that teaches equivalent fractions for grades 3-4. Students explore fractional parts equivalent to one-half. Lesson plan includes an extensive list of materials, worksheets, extension activities...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fraction Comparison With Lowest Common Denominators
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compare fractions using lowest common denominators.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Fabulous Fractions
An interactive web lesson introduces fractions and provides an opportunity for students to practice dividing shapes into equal parts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Estimation of Sums of Mixed Numbers and Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Estimate sums and differences of fractions and mixed numbers
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: What's a Fraction
Use this interactive lesson to learn about fractions. You will find equivalent fractions, compare fractions, and more. Immediate feedback is given to your answers. Links to related videos.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Expressions and the Distributive Property
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use the distributive property to write equivalent numerical and algebraic expressions
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify equivalent ratios as fractions, decimals, and percents.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Fraction Ordering With Lowest Common Denominators
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Order fractions from least to greatest and greatest to least using lowest common denominators.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand, identify and find equivalent forms of rational numbers