Fraction Games to be Used in the Classrooms
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Materials:
- Deck of Cards
- Pencil
- Paper
- Pencils
Fraction War
Goal: to develop quick comparison of fraction values
Rules:
- Shuffle and deal the cards.
- Each player puts their cards faced down in a pile.
- Both players turn over TWO cards at the same time (one above the pencil and one below).
- The player whose cards has the larger fraction wins all four cards.
- Players may use the paper to figure equivalent fractions or use the Tip Sheet.
- If players turn over equivalent fractions, then there is a fraction war.
- Each player places 2 new cards face down and the 3rd & 4th card face up (one above the pencil and one below).
- Who ever has the higher fraction wins all the cards.
- The game can continue until one player has all the cards or for a given amount of time.
Fraction War Tips and Tricks
- If two fractions have a common denominator, the fraction with the larger numerator is the larger fraction. Ex: 3/5 > 2/5
- If two fractions have a common numerator, the fraction with the smaller denominator is larger. Ex: 1/4 > 1/8
- If you are unsure about which fraction is larger, use the fraction strips to compare.