Resources
Fraction Matcher
Fraction Matcher gives students the opportunity to explore the concept of fractions. The “Fractions Screen” contains eight levels of matching fractions using fractions less than one up to improper fraction representations for fractions greater than one. The “Mixed Number Screen” concentrates upon fractions greater...
Fraction square, set contains the equivalent of 8 squares.
Fraction Wall
This Teachers TV from the series Great Lesson Ideas shows a Key Stage Two mathematics lesson designed to reinforce the concept that fractions are different parts of a whole. After starting the lesson with a recap of the language of fractions, Year Five teacher Sophie Crump, at Burnham-on-Crouch Primary School,...
Fractional Distillation *suitable for home teaching*
This resource from Defence Dynamics help students to understand the process of fractional distillation in the context of crude oil distillation. In the first activity, students consider the physical properties of different oil fractions. They then compare their boiling ranges and examine the relationship between...
Fractional Distillation *suitable for home teaching*
This film, from Twig World, looks at how the industrial process of fractional distillation transforms crude oil into a variety of products, from plane fuel to road surfacing. The key points made in the film are:
Extraction of crude oil from Fractional Distillation gives us many useful products. First it is...This collection of videos from MathsMaster.org explain the basics of what a fraction is, equivalent fractions, writing fractions in ther simplest form, mixed numbers, comparing fractions, calculating a fraction of an amount, adding fractions and subtracting fractions. Each demonstration explains carefully the...
The fractions activities, from Skills Workshop, are designed to support teachers and students studying numeracy and functional skills.
Fractions
This SMILE resource contains three packs of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of fractions, from exploring halves and quarters to investigating fractions whose decimal equivalents are recurring decimals.
Fractions pack one ...
Fractions
Designed to improve confidence in mathematics, these resources from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, focus on fractions and were developed particularly for primary teachers and those non-specialists who teach mathematics in the lower secondary years.
Each section offers an overview of a...