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Numerator or Denominator: Which has more power in a fraction?

Numerator or Denominator: Which has more power in a fraction?

What do you do with students who already get their fraction operations? Give them a contrived project about recipes or pizza slices? Make them solve annoyingly hard practice problems? Please. Here, we get students thinking in a whole new way, pondering which has more power, the numerator or denominator.

Fractions: Decompose and Recompose

Fractions: Decompose and Recompose

What if we took a fraction apart, then took those pieces apart, then recombined them, and then recombined those, arriving back to the original fraction?

How Many Ways: Fractions Divide Equals 2/3

How Many Ways: Fractions Divide Equals 2/3

One equation. Digits one through nine. How many ways can you make it work?

Fraction Ordering Tournament

Fraction Ordering Tournament

Which set of fractions would be the trickiest to order from least to greatest? Let’s have a tournament!

How Many Ways: Fraction Equivalence

How Many Ways: Fraction Equivalence

How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?

Multiply to Find the Smallest Fraction

Multiply to Find the Smallest Fraction

One equation, digits one through nine, and a hunt for the smallest possible answer.

How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction Equals 1/2

How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction Equals 1/2

How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits zero through nine?

What’s the Pattern? Fraction Addition

What’s the Pattern? Fraction Addition

Can your students figure out how to add fractions by looking for a pattern?

How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction 234

How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction 234

How many different ways can you make this fraction subtraction statement true using only the digits one through nine?

How Many Ways: Divide Fractions Equal 1/4

How Many Ways: Divide Fractions Equal 1/4

How many different ways can you make this fraction division math statement true using only the digits one through nine?

How Many Ways: Fractions Multiply 2/3

How Many Ways: Fractions Multiply 2/3

How many different ways can you make this fraction multiplication statement true using only the digits one through nine?

Find The Pattern: Multiply Fractions

Find The Pattern: Multiply Fractions

What if you set the stage for students to discover how to multiply fractions?

How Many Ways: Fraction Addition 234

How Many Ways: Fraction Addition 234

How many different ways can you make this fraction addition statement true using only the digits one through nine?

Visualizing Fraction Multiplication

Visualizing Fraction Multiplication

What does it look like to multiply fractions?

A Visual Guide To Dividing By Fractions

A Visual Guide To Dividing By Fractions

Have you ever wondered what it looks like to divide by a fraction, man?

How Many Ways: A Fraction of a Whole Makes 3

How Many Ways: A Fraction of a Whole Makes 3

A whole number times a fraction has to equal exactly 3. Which digits work?

A Grid-Based Fraction Project

A Grid-Based Fraction Project

You’ve got 60 spaces on a grid to create an amusement park, a house, a farm, or whatever you’d like. Divide it into seven pieces, order it by size, combine into two halves, and more in this fraction project.

How Many Ways: Multiply Fractions Equal 1/4

How Many Ways: Multiply Fractions Equal 1/4

One equation. Digits one through nine. How many ways can you make it work?

Broken Calculator: Simplifying Fractions

Broken Calculator: Simplifying Fractions

This calculator simplifies fractions with a rule that sometimes works. What is it doing wrong?

Writing A Story About Fraction Equivalence

Writing A Story About Fraction Equivalence

When fractions take on a new denominator, it’s as if they’re wearing a disguise – same value, new look. So let’s write a story about fraction equivalence starring a fraction who needs to fit in with a new group.

Fraction Puzzlers: Add and Subtract Fractions To Reach A Number

Fraction Puzzlers: Add and Subtract Fractions To Reach A Number

You only have six digits to form three fractions. Can you combine them to get to 0?