Fractions can be difficult to understand at an abstract level. Why on earth does knowing the difference between a ‘numerator’ and ‘denominator’ matter anyway? And what do they have to do with decimals and percentages?
Luckily, all of our Fractions products can help your students better visualise these vital concepts. Whether it’s in the form of colour-coded blocks or pie charts, your students will be able to have a more concrete understanding of fractions and how these relate to their daily lives.
Activity Ideas:
- Flip that fraction. Using our Fraction Flips, let students guess how fractions would be expressed in different formats. For example, how would ½ be expressed in decimal form? The correct answer (0.5) would be revealed once someone makes a guess.
- Chain dominoes. Give each student a handful of Fraction Dominoes, and have them play a number chain game using the dominoes. For example, if a student lays down a domino with the numbers ‘3’ and ‘6’ in them, another student must put down a domino which also has ‘3’ or ‘6’ and connect it to the corresponding number.
- Dice dilemmas. Students roll out a couple of dice with fractions printed on them. Whatever pair of fractions show up, students must add/subtract/multiply/divide them, and write down their answers on a piece of paper.