Play fraction bingo as a way to teach children to recognize, add, subtract, multiply or divide fractions. Each child will have to solve the problem themselves to discover if the answer is on their bingo card. Give each student a bingo card and a handful of paper dots. There should be a fraction written in each square on the card. Write a fraction addition, subtraction, multiplication or division problem or decimal figure on the board. The students must solve the problem and match the answer or decimal figure to the correct fraction on their boards. The first student to cover a row of fractions wins.
Use this fraction game to give students practice with reducing larger fractions. This is a team game that will combine camaraderie and competition with math skills. Divide the students up into two or four groups. Have each team stand or sit in a line. Write a fraction on the board that can be reduced. Have the first student in each line race to the board and write out the reduction process. The first student to reach the correct answer wins a point for her team. Instruct the students to return to the back of their lines and repeat the process.
Around the world fractions will give each student a chance to practice fraction problem solving. Use the game to review, practice and solidify the most recent fraction lesson in your students' minds. Direct the children to sit on top of their desks. Write an addition, subtraction, multiplication or division problem involving fractions on the board. Start at one end of the room. If the first student can solve the problem, he gets to remain on top of his desk. If he can't solve it, the next student gets a chance. If the second student solves the problem, the first student must sit back in his chair. Work your way repeatedly around the room until there is only one student left standing.
Fraction war is a variation of the card game war. Students compare a pair of fraction flashcards and must determine which fraction is larger. This game gives students practice saying the names of fractions, identifying them and working with greater than or less than signs. Divide the classroom up into groups of two. Give each pair of students a deck of fraction cards. Have the students divide the cards up evenly between them. Each student places one card face up. Each student writes the fractions on a piece of paper and then draws a greater than or less than sign in between the numbers. The student who has the bigger fraction wins the two cards. The student with the most cards at the end wins.