Fraction Bars 

Fraction Bars – Learning Connections

🧠 Essential Skills:

• Number Sense: Students practice visualizing and understanding unit fractions through interactive fraction bars.

• Enhances mathematical thinking and the ability to compare the value of fractions visually.

  

📏 Common Core Connections (Grades 4–6):

• Understand fractions as numbers on a number line: Students learn that fractions are not just parts of a whole, but actual values that can be placed on a number line.

• Represent fractions on a number line diagram: The game helps students practice identifying and placing fractions accurately on evenly divided number lines.

• Compare fractions by reasoning about their size: Students develop the ability to compare fractions without needing common denominators, using visual cues and logical thinking based on bar length.