Ideas for using these sheets
- Fold a paper strip into halves, then fourths, before the first sheet, so “equal parts” is something children have made.
- Keep the denominators to 2, 3 and 4 at first; open the settings and set them to 2 to 4.
- Ask why 1/3 is bigger than 1/4 even though 4 is bigger than 3: fewer parts means bigger parts.
- Let children check comparing answers by shading both fractions on the same-sized bar.
Every setting can be changed above before you print, and “New problems” makes a fresh sheet as often as you like.