A fraction is a way to talk about part of a whole.
Imagine sharing one pizza with friends. When you cut it into equal parts and take some, you are using a fraction!
In this lesson you will cut, shade, build and compare fractions. Tap things — try them out! 🎉
A fraction only works when every piece is the same size. Tap the two chocolate bars below — which one is split into fair, equal parts?
bottom = 4 how many equal parts in all (the denominator)
top = 3 how many parts we take (the numerator)
This pizza is cut into 4 equal parts. Tap the question below.
In 34, which number tells how many slices we ate?
Goal: make the bar show 25 (2 shaded out of 5). Use the buttons to shade or unshade cells.
This cake has 6 equal slices. Tap slices until you have eaten 46 of it.
0 of 6 slices eaten
When the bottom numbers are the same, the fraction with the bigger top is bigger. Both pizzas are cut into 8. Which slice plate is more?
🍫 Half a chocolate bar = 12
🕒 Quarter past = 14 of an hour
🥤 Three-quarters full = 34
🍕 One slice of an 8-slice pizza = 18
A whole thing = the top equals the bottom, like 55 = 1 whole! 🎈
You now understand fractions. Here is what you learned:
You shaded bars, ate cake slices and compared pizzas like a fraction expert. Tap Start again to play once more! 👏