Multiplying Fractions Colour by Number Activity
- Year groups
- Years 6–7 (Key Stages 2–3)
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Fractions, Division, Multiplication and Division, Maths
- Topic
- Maths Colouring Page, Multiplication Colouring
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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About this resource
Multiply and simplify fifteen fraction products, then find the matching answers in the colouring design and use each problem’s assigned colour.
The problems and design share one PDF page. An answer key is not included. Have students show their calculations on separate paper and check them before colouring.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students multiply two proper fractions and simplify the product.
Students match a simplified fraction product to its location in a number grid.
Students complete a colour-by-number picture by colouring each matched cell with its assigned colour.
Teaching tips
Have students show their multiplication work in the margin or on scratch paper, since the problem line itself leaves no work space.
Remind students to simplify each product before searching the grid, since the colouring key is built on the reduced fraction, not the raw product.
Set out coloured pencils or markers in the fifteen listed colours ahead of time so students are not searching for an exact match mid-activity.
Skills covered
Fraction multiplication — students solve 15 problems multiplying two proper fractions.
Simplifying fractions — students reduce each product to lowest terms to match it correctly in the grid.
Self-checking through pattern — an incorrect product will not match any colour in the grid, giving students an indirect way to catch arithmetic errors.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
Do students need to simplify their answers before matching them to a colour?
Yes — the instructions direct students to multiply and simplify each product, and the numbers in the colouring grid are the reduced, simplest-form results.
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Concepts & topics
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Core concepts
Fraction multiplication
Simplifying fractions
Colour by number
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