Color in Fractions
I can represent unit fractions in a length model in more than one way!
Materials: “Colour in Fractions”* activity sheet (1 per student), colored pencils or thin line markers, number cube
ଵ ଵ ଵ ଵ ଵ
ଵ
with labels: , , , , , .
ଶ ଷ ସ ଺ ଼ ଵଶ
Objective: Be the first player to color in your board completely.
Directions:
1. Play in groups of 2 or 3. Each player has his/her own copy of the game board.
2. All players roll the cube. The player who rolls the highest amount has the first turn.
3. Players take turns. On your turn:
a. Roll the cube.
b. On your game board, using a different color each turn (if possible), color in the amount rolled. (Note:
each entire row is equal to 1.) Any combination of spaces may be used as long as the total amount
colored matches the amount rolled.
c. Record the amount rolled and the combination of the spaces colored using the same color
marker/pencil.
ଵ
ଵ
ଵ
ଷ
ଷ
ଵଶ
Example: If is rolled, a player may choose to color in or
+
ଵ
ଵଶ
ଵ
ଵ
଺
ଷ
+ or another combination of spaces equal to .
d. If the exact amount rolled cannot be colored, lose a turn.
4. First player to completely fill his/her board wins.
* Colour in Fraction Activity created by Anne Roche & Doug Clarke. Copyright owner is the Australian Association of Mathematics. Published
in Fractions: Teaching for Understanding. Used with permission.
Extension: Replace the single cube with two cubes. The first is the numerator cube and is labeled 1,2,2,3,3,4. The second shows the denominator
∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗
and is labeled ଵ , ଶ , ଷ , ଺ , ଼ , ଵଶ. Students roll both cubes to form a fraction, which is the amount to be colored in during a turn. For example, if the
∗
ଷ
student rolls a 3 and ଶ, the student colors in ଶ.
RESOURCES
Colour in Fractions game board
What I rolled
What I shaded
What I rolled
What I shaded
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Title of chapter/article
Colour in Fractions
Author(s)
Anne Roche & Doug Clarke
Copyright owner
The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers
(AAMT) Inc.
Published in
Fractions: Teaching for Understanding
Year of publication
2011
Page range
195
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-875900-68-8
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