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Range of interactive activities to teach fractions, decimals and percentages

Website with links to some good sites to help explain fractions.

quiz and games for ordering fractions

Add the proper fractions to make a whole - assessment tool

A fraction is shown on the screen and you have to decide whether it is more than a half, the same as a half or less than a half and click the correct button. You have to be quick though otherwise you will miss your chance to answer the question.

interactive games, activities, lesson plans and worksheets relating to fractions, decimals and percentages (suitable for all primary levels)

An interactive site that demonstrates how to convert fractions to decimals (suit middle and upper primary)

Use fractions to design a flag

BBC website that shows different fractions. Includes, percentage and decimals. Has activities as well as visual representations.

IWB activity useful for showing equivalent fractions

IWB Activiity like memory matching sinmple fractions and decimals.

Help a town planner to design a site plan for a school. Using a 10x10 grid, design areas for four regions (library, car park, lawn and canteen) based on the percentages given. Assign the area for an additional two regions, using percentages of your choice. Use a number line to indicate the equivalent fractions for two regions. This learning object is one in a series of two objects. The series is also packaged as a combined learning object.

Great interactive game to introduce or consolidate knowledge about fractions.

Little game to practise addition of fractions.

Test your knowledge of percentages and their relationship with proper fractions. Represent given percentages on a 5 by 5 grid. Also show them on a number line marked in tenths. Allocate squares on the grid to match the given percentages for different parts of the park. For example, show 24% of the grid as bushland. Add each percentage to the number line by moving a bar along the line. View and print a report of your results. This assessment object is the last in a series of three objects that progressively increase in difficulty.

Video desscribing how you compare and order fractions

Equivalent fraction game ( Grade 3 and 4)

compares decimals to a fraction and a visual representation.

Numeracy resources and templates from the recent Ron Smith books about counting, place value and fractions

The new FUSE version Use a dividing tool to make equal shares of hardware items such as nails, bolts or screws. For example, pack 32 bolts into packets of 3. Predict how many packets can be filled and how many items will be left over. Check your prediction. Complete a sentence describing the number operations, including the fraction of a packet remaining. This learning object is one in a series of five objects.