Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measure Your Pencil

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use concepts of measurement to record the dimensions of a pencil. The unit of a pencil is used to compare it as part of a larger measurement like a yard. Students convert equivalent fractions accurately. Students also...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cookie Dough Equivalence

For Teachers 4th
There's nothing better than using a cooking lesson to teach about fractions! In this clever lesson, young chefs must determine the proper amounts of ingredients while using a standard measuring cup. The recipe is embedded in the plan,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation- More than 4- Less than 5

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice combining decimals and fractions to find sums which are either greater than 4 or less than 5. Students first approximate the value of each fraction and decimal, then they look for combinations to fit the guidelines.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Money in the Piggy Bank

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
It's time to crack open that piggy bank and see what's inside. First, count up the pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, identifying what fraction of them are dimes. Then calculate the total value of the coins, writing another fraction...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Running to School, Variation 3

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
How far is it between school and home? Here is a relatable activity where the participant runs to school a certain fraction of the way. That distance is given in miles. It is up to your learners to determine the distance between home and...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Running to School, Variation 2

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Rose's commute to school is a fractional distance. After she runs part of the way, your class needs to determine what fractional distance she ran. This problem explores fraction operations through modeling and computation. The...
Printables
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

Unlabelled Fraction Strips Template

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Support your young mathematicians' introduction to the world of fractions with this simple printable resource. Offering students a hands-on opportunity for learning how to visually represent fractions, this template would make...
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Math Antics

Working with Parts

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Get a clearer picture of working with fractions. While continuing to work with fractions as parts, the video shows how to use drawing to compare and add fractions. Worksheets then provide opportunities for pupils to practice comparing,...
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Making 22 Seventeenths in Different Ways

For Students 4th Standards
There is more than one way to determine a sum. Scholars demonstrate their understanding of the decomposition of fractions similar to the decomposition of whole numbers. The short task requires pupils to determine which sums of fractions...
Interactive
Arcademics

Puppy Pull

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Pull hard to convert fractions. Players participate in a tug of war against each other or the computer by practicing converting fractions to decimals. With each correct response, the player's puppy pulls a little harder. Play continues...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

A Fraction as a Percent

For Teachers 6th Standards
It is all about being equivalent. Class members convert between fractions, decimals, and percents. By using visual models, scholars verify their conversions in the 25th portion of a 29-part series.
Worksheet
Common Core Sheets

Finding Percent of Fractions

For Students 6th Standards
Sixth graders read word problems that involve finding the percent of an item, given the fraction. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Equivalent Fractions #2

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fraction worksheet, students complete either the denominator or the numerator in a fraction in order to make it equivalent to a given fraction. They find 12 equivalent fractions on the page.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Fraction Strips--Equivalent Fraction Pieces With Only One Piece Labeled

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students use the fraction strips to label the parts of one whole and discover equivalent fractions. The first fraction is labeled in each strip to clue students on how to write the remaining fractions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Equivalent Fractions #1

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this elementary worksheet, students place a number in either the numerator or denominator of a fraction to make it equivalent to the given one.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Addition And Subtraction Of Fractions

For Teachers 8th
In this addition and subtraction of fractions worksheet, 8th graders complete eighteen missing fractions to make each one an equivalent fraction. Students, in addition, complete twenty one problems involving LCM of denominators.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Equivalent Fractions 3

For Students 5th - 9th
In this equivalent fractions worksheet, students shade in the answer in each of the fifteen shapes that properly represents each equivalent fraction shown.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Equivalent Ratios

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ratios worksheet, students complete a variety of online exercises involving writing twelve ratios in their simplest form, writing nine ratios in the form of 1:n, writing six ratios in the form n:1 and solving seven ratio word...
Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Equivalent Fractions and Decimals

For Students 6th
In this math worksheet, 6th graders find the solutions to the number sentences that use fractions and decimals. They use the rules of decimals and fractions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

EZ Fractions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students become familiar with fractions, and have a meaningful experience to relate them to. They write fractions, and identify numerators and denominators.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Converting Fractions to Decimals

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders take a simple fraction and give it decimal form either by the use of equivalent fractions or division with a calculator.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore why denominators need to match before adding (or subtracting) a fraction. They use unmarked fraction circles and marked fraction bars, to discover a method to add fractions with unlike denominators using equivalent...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"NSN, Fractions, Percents, Ratios, Rates" Investigations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders engage in an investigation about the concepts related to fractions. They read, represent, compare, and order proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers. They demonstrate an understanding of relationships involving...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Challenge: Fractions to Decimals

For Students 5th - 6th
In this fractions worksheet, pupils write the word name and decimal for each fraction given. They complete eight fraction to decimals problems.