Fractions of a Shape

Shapes divided into equal parts with a fraction to write, or a fraction given and the parts to shade in. Every cut is made by area: a rectangle split into eighths comes out four by two rather than eight slivers, a triangle is cut from its point to its base, and the hexagon is only offered for halves, thirds, sixths and twelfths because those are the only sectors of a hexagon that are genuinely the same size. Turn on equivalent pairs and each question shows one shaded shape beside an empty one cut into more parts, to be shaded to match — the first real step towards equivalence. The number line adds the same fraction in the form children need for the rest of their schooling.

Age

ages 5–12

Answer key

Included, free

Skills

arithmeticlogicvisual discriminationproblem solving

What you can change

• What the child does

  Name it, Shade it, Both, Part of a group

• Parts allowed

  2, 4, up to 6, up to 8, up to 12, Halves, Thirds…

• How many shapes

  2–12 shapes

• Unit fractions only

• Shapes

  A mixture, Circles only, Rectangles only, Strips only, Triangles only, Hexagons only

• Equivalent pairs

• Number line

• Every page also takes the book's language, page size, theme and pictures.