Fraction Game Puzzles with Fractions on a Number Line 3.NF.1 and 3.NF.2

Looking for a fun teaching idea for representing fractions on a number line and other visual models? Well look no further as Fraction Game Puzzles, for CCSS 3.NF.1 and 3.NF.2, will serve as an exciting lesson for 3rd grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource for a math center rotation, review exercise, small group work and for an intervention or remediation. It can be also used as an assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this as a homework assignment, students will love working on these at home to improve their skills.

This puzzle set includes 24 jigsaw puzzles, answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a tub or bin for students to use throughout the year when they finish early. It covers representing a fraction in several ways including: in numeric form as a numerator over denominator, in word form, on circle and rectangle models, and on number lines. By matching the fraction with its equivalent word and picture representations, students can gain confidence in an important and sometimes challenging skill. Your students will love to practice using the various methods of representing fractions!

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students!

Relevant Common Core Standards
3.NF.A.1
Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.

3.NF.A.2
Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.