Equivalent Fractions Poster
Congratulations on your purchase of this Really
Good Stuff® Equivalent Fractions Poster—a useful
tool for students to refer to as they study
equivalent fractions.
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• Equivalent Fractions Poster, laminated
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Displaying the Equivalent Fractions Poster
Before displaying the Equivalent Fractions Poster,
make copies of this Really Good Stuff® Activity
Guide, and the reproducibles on the back of the
Poster, and file the pages for future use. Or,
download another copy of it from our Web site at
www.reallygoodstuff.com. Hang the Poster where
students will be able to see it easily.
Introducing and Using the Equivalent Fractions
Poster
Copy and distribute the Pizza Fraction Cutouts
Reproducible. Distribute a small zippered plastic bag
for each student to store the cutouts in. Remind
students that equivalent fractions are fractions
that represent the same amount, even though they
may look different. Point to each pizza pie on the
Poster and ask students to notice what is the same
(same area shaded in) and what is different
(different number of slices, different fractions). Tell
students to cut out the pizza pies on the
reproducible. Have students place the two slices
marked 1/2 on the whole pizza pie. Discuss that if
this pizza pie were to be split into two equal
sections, each section is represented as a fraction
of 1/2. Have students repeat this process with the
pizza pies labeled 1/4, 1/6 and 1/8. Again, discuss
how each fraction represents the same pie, but the
fractions and the slices look different because the
denominator is changing based on the number of
equal slices the pizza pie is cut into. Ask students
how many of the 1/4 slices they would need to equal
the same as 1/2. Display the answer of 2/4 on your
board and highlight how 1/2 and 2/4 are equal
because they are both half of something. Repeat
this with the 1/6 and 1/8 slices. Instruct students
to store their cutouts in the bag and place it in
their math folder for future use.
Making 1/2
Copy and distribute the Pizza Fraction Cutouts
Reproducible. Again, remind students that
equivalent fractions may not always look the same
because the denominator is changing, based on the
number of equal parts something has. Ask students
to select a crayon and indicate that they will use
this crayon to shade in the same fraction of each
pizza pie. Begin by shading in 1/2 of the pizza pie
titled 1/2. Record the shaded fraction on the line to
the right of the pie. Instruct students to shade in
1/2 of the pie titled 1/4. Discuss how many slices will
be shaded in. Tell students to record the shaded
fraction of the 1/4 pie. Discuss how both pies look
alike, yet their fractions are different. Repeat this
with the 1/6 and 1/8 pies.
Drawing Equivalent Fractions
Copy and distribute the Creating Equivalent
Fractions Reproducible. Instruct students to refer
to the bottom section of the Poster, which
highlights multiplying or dividing a fraction by one to
get an equivalent fraction. Review the identity
property of multiplication and the fact that 1 is
represented in a fraction when both the numerator
and the denominator are the same number. Read
through the directions, which tell students to find
the equivalent fraction of each fraction by
multiplying or dividing by a fraction representing 1.
After solving for the equivalent fraction, indicate
that they are to visually represent both the original
and equivalent fraction in the rectangles next to
each problem. If necessary, remind students that
just like the example given, the fractions will look
different in number form, but the same when visually
represented because they are equal. Encourage
students to complete the challenge problem, this
time representing the fractions with circles.
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Pizza Fraction Cutouts Reproducible
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #159190
Creating Equivalent Fractions Reproducible
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #159190