Fraction Squares

Which ones are equivalent? Scholars examine four fraction models to determine which ones represent the same fraction. This is a great way to help kids with numerators and denominators, as they can physically count the total number of...

A learning task that involves creative ways of thinking permits children to use paper models as a way to visualize the fraction one-half. Learners can fold or cut their models in such a way that the unshaded regions, and shaded regions...

Second graders discover how to separate a whole unit into parts. They identify and create fractional parts including thirds, fifths, and sixths. Assessment is provided.

An excellent activity that effectively pulls together the concepts of area, fractions, and equivalent fractions! Using 3x2 rectangular arrays, 3rd graders are introduced to the concept of area in terms of square units. Building on this...

In this problem solving learning exercise, students problems solve the answers to 5 mathematical word problems involving fractional parts. Students use data from a pictograph to assist them in solving each word problem.

Focus on halves, thirds, and fourths in these visual fraction activities. Scholars begin by examining a grid with various expressions of the three fractions displayed in the grid squares. They color-code the grid to indicate which...

Here is a comparing and ordering fractions learning activity that extends young mathematicians understanding of fractions with like and non-like denominators. By representing and explaining each fraction in a picture or diagram, students...

In this problem solving thirteen ways worksheet, students observe squares that are divided into eight equal parts and solve thirteen ways to divide them into halves. Students color thirteen problems.

Sal beautifully explains what the numerator and denominator represent when identifying them in a fraction. He draws two different pictures to show the relationship between the abstract number and the concrete operation it represents....

Students create a design with one inch squares and identify the fractional parts. In this fractions, art, and writing lesson, students create an original design on construction paper by arranging different colored one inch squares....