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Marian's Fractions & Jumps

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.4 Stars

TEACHERS (72)

4.6

STUDENTS (9510)

4.2

LENGTH

23 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

Marian is a very active girl who will guide you through four fun levels to teach you everything about comparing fractions. Same denominators or same numerators? Marian's got you covered! Run, jump and find all the coins in each level while you solve all the fraction puzzles!

Vocabulary Words

whole

fraction

unit fraction

shape

size

numerator

denominator

greater than

less than

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Comparing Two Fractions. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Fractions must refer to the same Whole to be compared, ex ½ of a 16in pizza is not the same as ½ of an 8in pizza.

Fractions with the same denominator are the same size.

Fractions with the same denominator but different numerators can be compared using the value of the numerators. ¼ < ¾ because ¾ has more unit fractions.

When referring to the same whole, the larger the denominator the smaller the unit portions will be.

Fractions with the same numerator can be compared by their denominators where the fraction with the smaller denominator is greater. Ex. 2/3 > 2/7

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is a fraction? What are the parts of a fraction? What is a "whole" number, or a "whole" of a fraction? What do the signs <, >, and = mean? How can we tell if two fractions can be compared to each other? As a whole is divided into more parts, do the parts become smaller or larger?

After the Game

What is a unit fraction? Are fractions with bigger denominators broken into bigger pieces or smaller pieces? How do you compare fractions with the same numerator, such as 2/4 and 2/6? How do you compare fractions with the same denominator, such as 4/5 and 2/5? If I have a pizza that is a small and a pizza that is a large, can I compare 1/2 of the small to 2/2 of the large? If you have two pizzas and cut one into 4 slices and the other into 8 slices, which pizza would contain the larger slices?