Making it Whole: FREE Fractions Game

Welcome to Day 8 of 10 Days of Math Games & Activities! For the next two weekdays I will continue sharing lots of fun, hands-on math games and activities to utilize with your children or students! Today’s game, Making it Whole, is all about fractions! The game provides a fun way to reinforce and practice adding fractions to make one whole.

Directions: Print the fraction cards included in the download. Laminate for durability and cut. Shuffle all the cards and place the deck face down. Turn over the top card, placing it in the middle. Each player takes turns turning over a card. If their card makes a whole with the card turned over in the middle, they keep both cards. If the cards do not make a whole, the player puts their card face up in the middle. The next player takes their turn. Play continues until all of the cards are gone. The player with the most cards wins.

The Game in Action: Begin by turning the top card over and placing it in the middle.

Player A turns over the top card in the deck, 2/3.

Since 1/8 and 2/3 do not make a whole, Player A puts the card in the middle.

Player B turns over the top card in the deck, 1/3.

Since 1/3 and 2/3 make a whole, Player B takes the two cards and sets them aside…

…leaving 1/8 in the middle.

Player A turns over the top card in the deck, 3/8.

Since 1/8 and 3/8 do not make a whole, Player A places the card in the middle.

Player B turns over the top card in the deck, 1/2.

Since 1/2 and 3/8 do not make a whole, Player B places the card in the middle.

Player A turns over the top card in the deck, 4/8.

Since 1/2 and 4/8 do make a whole, Player A takes both cards and sets them aside.

NOTE: You can still play this game even if you have not taught about reducing fractions. Simply acknowledge making wholes with the same denominator.

Download the Making it Whole Game

This post is part of the 10 Days of…Series hosted by the iHomeschool Network!

Day 1: Making Equations {Addition & Subtraction} Math Game

Day 2: Number Line Addition & Subtraction Math Game

Day 3: Guess the Coins Math Game

Day 4: Roll Hundreds & Roll Thousands {Place Value Math Game}

Day 5: Living Math Books: Reading as a Math Activity

Day 6: Circle Subtraction Math Game

Day 7: Grid Multiplication Math Game

Day 8: Making it Whole {Fractions Game}

Day 9: Off the Grid {Addition & Subtraction Game}

Day 10: Math Games {Family Game Night}

Be sure to head over and check out the 28 other awesome bloggers participating in the 10 Days Series! Yep, that’s a total of almost 300 amazing blog posts chalk full of great information!

 

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