Equivalent Fractions Worksheets
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- Grades 3–4
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- Fractions, Math
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- Equivalent Fraction Worksheet, Equivalent Fractions
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About this resource
Explore equivalent fractions with an explanation page and six practice Fractions Worksheets. Students use fraction bars, fill missing values, colour equivalent-fraction balloons, solve a riddle, check a fictional student’s homework and multiply or divide to generate equivalents.
Six matching answer pages support checking. The 15-page PDF also includes a cover and creator information. Select the practice that matches the current lesson; illustrations appear in several activities throughout the set.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Generate equivalent fractions by multiplying or dividing the numerator and denominator by the same number.
Verify whether two fractions are equivalent using cross-multiplication.
Apply equivalent-fraction reasoning to check the correctness of a worked example.
Teaching tips
Teach the cross-multiplication check shown on the example page before assigning the 'equivalent teacher' homework-checking worksheet.
Use the riddle-answer worksheet as a self-checking activity, since a wrong equivalent fraction produces a nonsense answer to the joke.
Have students explain in words why multiplying numerator and denominator by the same number preserves value, using the example page's language.
Skills covered
Equivalent fraction generation — students multiply or divide numerator and denominator by the same factor to find equivalents.
Cross-multiplication verification — students confirm whether two fractions are equivalent by cross-multiplying.
Visual fraction modelling — students use pictured fraction bars to identify and write equivalent fractions.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
How does the riddle worksheet let students check their own equivalent-fraction answers?
Each correct equivalent fraction is matched to a letter, and stringing the letters together in order spells out the answer to the printed riddle, so a wrong fraction produces a nonsense word instead of the joke's punchline.
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