Equivalent Fractions Worksheets

Equivalent fractions are built, checked, and applied across six worksheets that move from visual fraction models to a homework-grading task.

Year groups: Primary, Years 4–6
File type: PDF
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Updated Feb 24, 2023

Subject: Fractions, Maths
Topic: Equivalent Fraction Worksheet, Equivalent Fractions
Resource types: Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation: Print ready

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About this resource

Six worksheets guide students through equivalent fractions, opening with a worked example showing how multiplying or dividing numerator and denominator by the same number keeps a fraction's value the same, plus a cross-multiplication check method. Students then use picture fraction models to find equivalents, fill in missing numerators or denominators, colour balloons showing equivalent fractions, and circle equivalent fractions in a riddle-answer activity ('How do you get a squirrel to like you?'). A final worksheet has students play teacher, checking a fictional student's homework as correct or wrong using the cross-multiplication method, and every page has a matching answer key at the end of the file. Classes ready to apply the equivalence rules beyond worksheet practice can extend the unit with a hands-on pizza fractions project, where partners represent fractions with toppings and write their own word problems.

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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 modeling — 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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