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Fraction Tiles Exploration

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Fraction Tiles Exploration

Fraction Tiles Exploration

Fraction tiles and number line illustration

🧩 Part 1: Building Fractions with Tiles

1. Use your fraction tiles to build one whole in different ways. Record your combinations below:

Example: 2 halves = 1 whole, written as ½ + ½ = 1

2. Build these fractions using your tiles, then draw what you made:

a) One half (½)

b) One third (⅓)

c) Two eighths (⅛ + ⅛)

📊 Part 2: Number Line Placement

3. Mark these fractions on the number line below. Draw an arrow pointing to where each fraction belongs:

Number line from 0 to 2:

0 __________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 2

              ½                 1                 1½

Place these fractions: ¼, ¾, 1¼, ⅔

4. Circle the fractions that are greater than one whole:

½

¾

5/4

3/2

🔢 Part 3: Fraction Equations

5. Complete these fraction equations using your tiles to help:

a) ¼ + ¼ = _______

b) ½ + ¼ = _______

c) ⅓ + ⅓ = _______

d) ¾ + ¼ = _______

e) 1 + ½ = _______

6. Create your own fraction equation that equals one whole:
7. Create your own fraction equation that equals more than one whole:

🎯 Part 4: Fraction Vocabulary

8. Match the fraction terms with their meanings:
1. Numerator
2. Denominator
3. Unit fraction
4. Improper fraction
A. A fraction greater than one whole
B. The bottom number in a fraction
C. A fraction with 1 as the numerator
D. The top number in a fraction
9. Fill in the blanks using fraction vocabulary:

In the fraction ¾, the __________ is 3 and the __________ is 4. This means the whole has been divided into _____ equal parts, and we are looking at _____ of those parts.

🤔 Part 5: Fraction Reasoning

10. Which fraction is larger? Circle your answer and explain why using your tiles:

a) ½ or ⅓?     Circle one:

½   

b) ¾ or ⅔?     Circle one:

¾   

11. True or False? Circle your answer:

Two quarters is the same as one half.   

True   
False

Explain your thinking:

12. Challenge: Can you find three different ways to make 1½ using fraction tiles? Write your equations:

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