Fraction Tracks

  • Fraction Tracks

    Grade: 3rd to 5th

    Fraction Tracks from the Standards E-Examples (5.1.1).

    Activity

    Instructions

    How to Use the Interactive Figure 

    First Player

    • Click on one or more blue markers along the tracks so that all the markers moved add to the total amount shown in the fraction box.
    • Click on Finish Move when done.
    • If the numbers above the markers correctly add to the fraction shown on the box, the next player can take a turn.
    • Otherwise, the game will return an error message. An outline of the markers' original positions will be visible, and the player may adjust the markers and click on Finish Move again.
    • Players who cannot complete their turn may click on the Pass button.

     Second Player 

    •     Follows the same rules using the red markers.

     The first player to move all his or her markers to the right side of the Fraction Track board wins!

    Objectives and Standards

    NCTM Standards and Expectations
    • Number and Operations
    • 3-5
    • Number and Operations