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Representing Fractions - Printable Anchor Chart Pieces

Cut-and-assemble pieces build a classroom anchor chart showing one fraction represented four different ways: as a set, a whole, a strip diagram, and a number line.
Year groups
Primary, Years 3–6
File type
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Preparation
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Updated May 13, 2022

Subject
Fractions, Maths
Topic
Maths Notebook, Representing Fractions
Resource types
Anchor Charts, Teacher Tools
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About this resource

Four ways to represent a fraction, parts of a set, parts of a whole, a strip diagram, and a number line, are illustrated on cut-and-assemble pieces designed to be glued onto anchor-chart paper for a classroom maths display. A guide page walks the teacher through printing the title, circle labels, arrows, and rectangle illustrations in a chosen colour scheme, then arranging and securing the pieces onto 24-by-32-inch chart paper using the included layout as a reference. A matching, reduced-size version of the same chart is provided for students to keep in their own maths notebooks as a personal reference. The chart uses one shaded example, three-fifths, worked out identically across all four representation methods so students can compare them side by side. Once students can identify a fraction across these four representations, the pizza fractions project gives them a hands-on activity comparing fractions and writing their own word problems using paper-pizza toppings.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify a fraction represented as parts of a set

  • Identify a fraction represented as parts of a whole

  • Locate a fraction on a strip diagram and on a number line

Teaching tips

  • Print all chart pieces in one consistent colour scheme before assembling, as the guide recommends

  • Build the chart with students during the lesson introducing fraction representations, rather than only displaying a finished version

  • Distribute the reduced-size student version for maths notebooks so students have a personal reference alongside the classroom display

Skills covered

  • Fraction representation — students identify the same fraction shown as parts of a set, parts of a whole, a strip diagram, and a point on a number line.

  • Classroom display assembly — teachers print, cut, and arrange chart pieces onto anchor-chart paper to build a reusable maths reference.

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How are the four fraction representations connected on the finished chart?

All four methods, parts of a set, parts of a whole, a strip diagram, and a number line, illustrate the same fraction, three-fifths, so students can see one value shown four different ways side by side.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Fractions

  • Fraction representations

  • Number line

  • Anchor chart

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