Using puzzles was such a fun way to help my daughter practice and recognize place value, I decided to create some more fun puzzles! These puzzles are meant to help students understand fractions, as well as practice learning equivalent fractions.
Learning how to rewrite the fraction 2/8 as 1/4 is an important skill, and I think it is equally important that students understand early on that they are NOT changing the fraction. These two fractions (2/8 and 1/4) mean exactly the same thing. That is why for the equivalent fraction puzzles, a visual is given to link the two fractions together.
If your students are just beginning fractions, this set includes 12 2-piece puzzles that require matching the fraction with the picture.
But if your students are beyond that, there are also 12 3-piece puzzles that require matching 2 equivalent fractions with the picture.
Again, you could print these puzzles on card stock and laminate for durability and multiple uses, or you could simply have students glue the completed puzzles to construction paper and hang them as fun posters to help them recognize equivalent fractions in the future!
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I hope you find this resource fun and useful, and if you are looking for more advanced practice with fractions (and decimals) check out the fraction worksheets.
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Amy says
April 10, 2015 at 8:09 pmThese are great! What a fun way to practice a hard skill! Thanks for sharing!
Bethany says
April 10, 2015 at 8:50 pmThanks Amy! I hope they’re helpful! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
ML says
April 11, 2015 at 10:23 amI love your fraction puzzles! I am going to use them in my classroom as a station for early finishers. Thank you for sharing!
ml
Bethany says
April 11, 2015 at 12:16 pmOh that’s a great idea! I’m so glad this will be helpful for you! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Nitsa says
January 5, 2017 at 12:49 pmThank you so much!!!Keep on the excellent work!!!
victoria says
January 31, 2017 at 11:48 amThese cards are great, I am using them for a Math mingle activity.
Sabrina says
August 30, 2018 at 3:51 amthank so much