Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Fraction of a Whole

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on determining what part of a whole has been shaded.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Fraction of a Whole

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine the fraction from a model of partially shaded whole. The video is followed by a series of practice questions to assess student...
Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: To Be (Half) or Not to Be (Half)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Explore part to whole and part of a set with interlocking cubes.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Completing the Whole Add Together

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The interactive practice problems involve completing the whole by determining what portion of the diagram or fraction are missing to make the whole. When students...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: A Whole and Its Parts

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders take fractions apart and put them back together to form a whole.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Equivalent Halves: Cyberchase Games

For Students K - 1st
Find thirteen ways to show one half by solving this brain teaser from Cyberchase.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Relate Fractions to 1

For Students 3rd Standards
Practice with fractional parts related to one whole.
Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Equating an integer with a whole number for these purposes, this lesson explains how to multiply fractions by an integer. Provides problems and games to work on this skill.
Unit Plan
The Math League

The Math League: What Is a Fraction?

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This tutorial helps students to understand fractions. It explains what denominators and numerators are using simple graphics.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Mixed Numbers With Unlike Denominators

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to help students realize there are different ways to add mixed numbers and is most appropriate for use in an instructional setting. The two primary ways one can expect students to add are converting the mixed...
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Fractional Triangles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and equivalent fraction skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Unit Plan
Other

Pbs Mathline: Fractions to Half or Half Not [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
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...
Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Chocolate Bars

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this game to practice finding how many of the chocolate bars (or parts) you will get when you share them with your friends at the party. If you don't figure it out correctly the computer will tell why.
Activity
Rice University

More Fun Fractions

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this site, pattern blocks are used to explore fractional relationships among shapes.
Handout
Other

Help With Fractions: Rules and Definitions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The rules and definitions of fractions are clearly explained at this website. Numerators and denominators are illustrated and explained. This is an excellent place to get the basic foundation for fractions.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Locating Fractions Less Than One on the Number Line

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
In every part of this task, students must treat the interval from 0 to 1 as a whole, partition the whole into the appropriate number of equal sized parts, and then locate the fraction(s). Aligns with 3.NF.A.2,...
Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Intro to Fractions for Primary Students

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site from the Math Forum is a series of lesson plans with great ideas and an excellent Web site that uses virtual manipulatives with students.
Unit Plan
Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: Multiply Fractions

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This Math Page tutorial explains how to multiply a number by a fraction or a mixed number and then features a practice exercise.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Fractions Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A quiz to assess knowledge of fractions, through which students identify the fraction represented by a simple illustration. A results summary is given at the end of the quiz, and students can return to review questions they miss.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Rectangle Tangle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and fractional part skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Fraction

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This one page website provides a basic explanation of a fraction and its denominator and numerator.
Interactive
Other

Math Snacks: Atlantean Dodgeball

For Students 4th - 8th
Ratio errors confuse one of the coaches as two teams face off in an epic dodgeball tournament.
Lesson Plan
Other

Teachnet: Fraction City

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This website offers an excellent lesson plan that teaches basic fraction concepts and includes an equivalent fraction procedure. Lots of detailed instructions on how to prepare and teach this topic.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Grubby's Wacky Worms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wicked and Digit must solve a fraction problem in order to free the CyberSquad in this video from Cyberchase.