Fraction multiplication games can be played by teams in the classroom or by students individually, with each problem offering a greater challenge than the one before it. For example, dominoes and dice can be used as tools in fraction multiplication games, having a student throw a pair of dice to create fractions for multiplication problems to solve. Some computer games reinforce fraction multiplication facts by allowing a student to continually advance to the next level of a game. Other games may include movement as in sports or real-world information, such as sports statistics, to create and solve multiplication problems.
Group activities give a student the opportunity to interact with his peers while studying fraction multiplication. For example, a group of students can create their own fraction multiplication problems for another group to solve. Students can also work in groups on a worksheet or play a game as a team. The teacher may ask a group of students to teach the rest of the class a specific aspect or application of fraction multiplication.
Take-home assignments are used to reinforce information given in class. These assignments can be simple, such as a fraction multiplication worksheet with a list of basic problems. Homework can also instruct the student to use fraction knowledge in practical ways. For example, students can multiply fractions in sewing, shopping, cooking or building projects at home and report on the problems presented by the projects and the solutions they found by multiplying fractions.
Educators can use everyday items to illustrate the concept of multiplying fractions. For example, pizza slices can represent fractions of a whole. Multiple pizzas with slices removed can be used as visual aids to describe the function of multiplying fractions. A teacher can organize a class party and use other food items to create fraction multiplication problems in the same way. Large bottle of juice or water, sandwich portions or sliced vegetables and fruits can all be divided into serving-sized fractions and multiplied to serve all the students.