Sharpsburg Elementary LibGuide

Information about expressing fractions, equivalent fractions, comparing fractions...Includes terms and definitions, games, and related articles.

Lesson resources with worksheets, lesson ideas, games, and visuals.

If fractions are giving you trouble, check out this web site from Canada that has an interactive tutorial and a video. You will practice using fractions by making smoothies in the smoothie maker game. You will choose the appropriate factions measuring unit for every recipe ingredient. Answer questions to improve your fraction skills. The video explains how fractions are used in everyday life and in hotels and restaurants. A fraction activity is available to print.

A fraction is a part of a whole. The part of the whole is represented as the top number in a written fraction such as 1 / 2. The bottom number, or 2, is the total number of parts. Study examples of rectangles divided into smaller rectangles or squares, and see how many parts the rectangles can be divided into. The knowledge of fractions in this story problem is used to design a flower garden but can be used in everyday life, such as measuring ingredients in recipes.

Mr. Steve sings a fun song about whole things and parts of whole things, which are called fractions. If you cut a whole pizza in half, you would have two halves. If you put the two halves back together, that would make a whole pizza. If you cut the pizza into four pieces, also called quarters, you would have four pieces or quarters. You can also take a whole pie and make fractions, too.

These interactive activities not only teach you about fractions, but they are a fun way to practice what you have learned. You will find an interactive tutorial made up of multiple levels, which is a great place to start no matter how much you know about fractions. Then you will find a collection of interactive games that ask you to shoot, match, and find fractions. You will work with fractions that are simple, equivalent, and mixed. You will be reducing, adding, subtracting, and ordering fractions while you turn fraction to decimals and find the greatest or least common denominators.