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  • About Fractions Lab
  • Getting Started Guides
    • Guide 1 - Using Fractions Lab with your students
    • Guide 2 - The Fractions Lab work space
    • Guide 3 - Making fraction representations
    • Guide 4 - Making equivalent fractions
    • Guide 5 - Adding and subtracting fractions
    • Guide 6 - The operations box: compare, add or subtract
  • Sample Tasks
    • Basic introduction
      • Familiarisation task: Make a fraction
    • Equivalent fractions
      • Familiarisation task: Thinking about equivalent fractions
      • Equivalent fractions 1
      • Equivalent fractions 2
      • Equivalent fractions 3
      • Familiarisation task: Comparing fractions
      • Comparing fractions
    • Add & Subtract fractions (like denominators)
      • Familiarisation task: Adding fractions with like denominators
      • Adding like fractions with like denominators
      • Adding like denominators
      • Familiarisation task: Subtracting fractions with like denominators
      • Subtracting fractions with like denominators 1
      • Subtracting fractions with like denominators 2
    • Add & Subtract fractions (unlike denominators)
      • Familiarisation task: Adding fractions with unlike denominators
      • Adding fractions with unlike denominators 1
      • Adding fractions with unlike denominators 2
      • Familiarisation task: Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
      • Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
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Getting Started Guides

  • Guide 1 - Using Fractions Lab with your students
  • Guide 2 - The Fractions Lab work space
  • Guide 3 - Making fraction representations
  • Guide 4 - Making equivalent fractions
  • Guide 5 - Adding and subtracting fractions
  • Guide 6 - The operations box: compare, add or subtract

Getting Started Guides

Below are a series of guides to help you use Fractions Lab with your students.

Guide 1

  • Using Fractions Lab with your students

  • Guide 2

  • The Fractions Lab work space

  • Guide 3

  • Making fraction representations

  • Guide 4

  • Making equivalent fractions

  • Guide 5

  • Adding and subtracting fractions

  • Guide 6

  • The operations box: compare, add or subtract
  • Fractions Lab Contacts

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    iTalk2Learn project

    Fractions Lab was created by University College London Institute of Education and Testaluna and is provided to you in partnership with Birkbeck University of London and Whizz in the context of the iTalk2Learn project.
    More information about the project can be found at www.italk2learn.eu.

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