​Fraction Fun

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What You Will Need:

• Fraction Circles (ETA hand2mind Connecting Plastic Fraction Circles - Amazon $5.95)

• ​​Fraction Cards or (Carson Dellosa | Fractions Flash Cards | Basic Math, 54ct Cards - Amazon $3 or Fraction Fun Flash Cards by Trend enterprises, Inc. - Amazon $11)

• Deck of Skip-B0 Cards or Playing Cards, with face cards removed

•  A pencil for each Player

What You Do:

1. Have fun exploring. Let your child play with the fraction circles while interest lasts.

2. Arrange in order, starting with the whole circle (1, 1/2, 2/3...)

3. Put all the pieces in a bag. Each Player draws one piece. Whoever has the largest piece keeps all of the pieces. Repeat. When all of the pieces are gone,  Players create as many circles as they can, using everyone's pieces.

4. (After playing game #3 many times) Add the Fraction Cards to the game. Pile the Fraction Cards. Each Player draws a fraction card and retrieves the corresponding fraction piece. Return the Fraction Card to the bottom of the deck. Repeat until all the fraction pieces are gone. If a Player draws a Fraction Card for which there is no piece, he discards that Fraction Card and draws another one. When all of the pieces are gone, each Player create as many circles as he can. The Player with the most circles, plus partial circles, wins. For example, Player 1 has 3 full circles, plus two left over pieces (1/3 and1/4) and Player 2 has 3 full circles, plus three left over pieces (1/6 and 1/10 and 1/ 8). Player 1 wins because his left over pieces create a larger partial circle than Player 2.

5. (after playing game #4 many times) Remove the fraction circle pieces and only play with the Fraction Cards, using the instructions in game #3. Substitute Fraction Cards for fraction pieces. This is the traditional card game of War, using fraction cards instead of playing cards. Have the fraction circle pieces available in case the players need to check to see who has the largest piece.

6. Remove from the deck of cards all face cards. This is a version of the traditional card game, War. Place the deck of cards in a pile where all players can reach them. Each Player draws 2 cards. Using the two cards and a pencil, they create a fraction.    

                    Largest fraction

                    wins all the cards.

                    (Have fraction pieces handy, in case there is a dispute over which fraction is larger). 

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