A Fun Way to Learn Fractions using Fraction Cards

Our learning process is always easier when playing forms part of it, and the time spent playing with the kids strengthens my bond with them too.

There are two card games that I like to play with my P4 and P3 to help them with understanding their fractions better.

Fractions War

The Fractions War is a multi-player game. We distribute the games evenly amongst us ( 2 or 3 players), and everyone places their stack facing down.

When everyone flips one card facing up, the player with the highest value wins. The winner gets to keep the cards for the round. If there is a tie, the players pull out one new card each and repeat the game. The winner gets all the cards including the earlier ones in a tie.

For my P4 who has already learned equivalents, we use all the cards. For my P3, who is still new to the concept, I will use the cards with the same denominator.

Another way is playing it like “Snap”. Whoever snaps on the cards with the same value wins.

Making Ones

This game is all about adding 2 fraction cards up to make a whole.

We distribute the cards evenly among us. Each player sorts the card on their own, finding pairs that add up to one.

As for the remaining cards that cannot find a match, we pass one card to the player on the left. We try to match the new card to our remaining cards to make a new whole. This process will continue until there is no match.

The player with the most wholes win.

Printable Fraction Cards

If you are keen, you can get my printable set of fraction cards consisting of 110 fractions (in 15 pages) here.

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Note: upon payment, you will find the pdf format of the number cards in your inbox.

See sample of the cards here.

You may wish to laminate* the fraction cards for extra durability.

Hope you have found this post useful.