Free Fraction Games

You've come to the right place to find plenty of free fraction games that help make learning fractions fun. You'll find games about adding fractions multiplying fractions reducing fractions comparing fractions etc.

Pretty cool...learn about fractions and have fun at the same time...and that's right...it's free.

Some of the games are online fraction games. Others will be fraction games that you use paper and other common things around the house. All in all, we'll provide you with a lot of fraction game ideas at no cost that can be enjoyed time and time again.

Be sure to check back on a regular basis because when we come across great free fraction games we think you'll love, we add them to this site. The more variety the better.

Fraction War 2-3 players

Deal the entire deck face down into two piles. Without looking, both players turn one card face up. The player with the highest fraction takes both cards. When equivalent fractions are turned up, both players put the next three cards face down and then another card face up. The comparison is made on this last card, highest fraction takes all ten cards on the table. Continue playing, reusing the capture piles, until one player loses all their cards. The winner has captured all the cards.

Memory 2-4 players

All cards are mixed up and placed in an array on the table or floor. Players take turns turning over two cards, looking for a match. In this game, equivalent fractions are considered a match. Game continues until all fractions are matched. Winner has the most pairs.

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Fraction Action - Fraction Friction

Materials:

* 1 set of Fraction Action, Fraction Friction cards A deck of 16 Fraction Action, Fraction Friction cards includes one card for each of the following fractions (for several fractions there are 2 cards): 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 3/4, 1/6, 1/6, 5/6, 1/12, 1/12, 5/12, 5/12, 7/12, 7/12, 11/12, 11/12 * calculator

Number of Players:

Two (2) or Three (3)

Directions:

Shuffle the Fraction Action, Fraction Friction cards. Deal one card to each player. The player with the fraction closest to 1/2 begins the game.

Players return their cards to the deck. Shuffle the deck again. Place the pile facedown between the players.

Players take turns. At each turn:

1. The player takes a card from the top of the pile and places it face up on the playing surface. 2. At each turn, the player must announce one of the following: "Action!" This means that the player wants an additional card. The player believes that the sum of the cards is not close enough to 2 to win # the hand and that with an additional card, there is a good chance that the sum of the cards will be even closer to 2, without becoming greater than 2."Friction!"This means that the player does not want an additional card. The player believes that the sum of the cards is close enough to 2 to win the hand and that with an additional card, there is a good chance that the sum of the cards will be greater than 2.# Play continues until all players have announced, "Friction!" or have a set of cards whose sum is greater than 2. The player whose sum is closest to 2 without going over is the winner of the hand. Players may check each other's sums on their calculators.# Reshuffle the cards and begin again. The winner of the game is the first player to win 5 hands.

Fractions are an important part of everyday life. Show kids real-world examples of how we use fractions is a good idea. Maybe with cooking or something around the house so they can get a hands-on feel for fractions. The free fraction games on this site will reinforce the concepts they are learning about fractions in school and at home.

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