ACTIVITIES AND GAMES WITH FRACTION
CARDS
In each case, the learners will need an appropriate
selection of fraction cards. These can also include
decimal and percentage equivalents, as well as
diagrams and fractions shown on number lines.
Activities might include:
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Sorting fraction cards with the same
denominator into pairs that make up one
whole e.g. 1/3 and 2/3
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Comparing cards with the same
denominator and putting them in order
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Comparing cards with the same numerator
and putting them in order
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Sorting fraction cards, either with the same
denominator or with different
denominators, into sets that make up one
whole e.g. 1/10 and 3/10 and 6/10
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Sorting cards into fractions greater than or
less than half
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Finding two fraction cards that add up to
the same fraction as a third fraction card
e.g. 1/5 and 1/10 = 3/10
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Matching fraction cards with a variety of
representations of fractions, e.g. , vulgar
fractions, shapes, decimals, number lines
GAMES WITH FRACTION CARDS
o Matching equivalent fractions – this can be
played as ‘Snap’, or ‘Find the Pairs’ – the
cards are laid out face down, and each
player turns over two cards, trying to find a
matching pair. If they do not match, they
are replaced as before. Each correctly
matching pair is removed, and the player
with the most pairs wins.
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‘Going for the Highest’ - for a group of
three players. The range of fraction cards
selected will depend on what the learners
are able to manage. Deal four fraction
cards to each player; each chooses a card
to lay down. When each has played one
card, the person who played the highest
card wins the set. Game continues until all
cards are played, winner is the one with
most sets.
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‘Higher or Lower’ - the first plays a card
then says whether the next person has to
play a higher or lower card. First to play all
cards wins.