Maths Equivalent Fractions Explorer

CLASS 5 • MATHEMATICS

Equivalent Fractions Explorer

Explore • Predict • Check • Explain

🔎 Explore🎯 Predict first 🔄 Try again💡 Discover

🔎 Explore 🎯 Predict ✏️ Practice 💭 Reflect

1. Choose a fraction

Tap a fraction. Watch its shaded model. Then choose another fraction and compare.

Choose a fraction:

12 24 36 48 13 26 39 14 28 312

12

1 of 2 equal parts is shaded.

24

2 of 4 equal parts are shaded.

36

3 of 6 equal parts are shaded.

48

4 of 8 equal parts are shaded.

13

1 of 3 equal parts is shaded.

26

2 of 6 equal parts are shaded.

39

3 of 9 equal parts are shaded.

14

1 of 4 equal parts is shaded.

28

2 of 8 equal parts are shaded.

312

3 of 12 equal parts are shaded.

🔍 Think: Compare 1/2, 2/4, 3/6 and 4/8. The number of parts changes, but does the shaded amount change?

2. Discover the pattern

Start

1/2

× 2

2/4

× 3

3/6

× 4

4/8

💡 What did you discover?
Each new fraction represents the same amount. Both the numerator and denominator were multiplied by the same number.

3. Predict before you check

Look at each pair. Think first. Then choose Yes or No.

Fraction A
12

VS

Fraction B
24

✅ Yes ❌ No

🎉 Correct! 1/2 and 2/4 are equivalent. They show the same amount.

🌱 Try again. Look at the shaded amount: 1/2 and 2/4 are equivalent.

Fraction A
25

VS

Fraction B
415

✅ Yes ❌ No

🌱 Check again. 2/5 and 4/15 are not equivalent.

🎉 Correct! They do not show the same amount.

Fraction A
48

VS

Fraction B
12

✅ Yes ❌ No

🎉 Correct! 4/8 and 1/2 are equivalent.

🌱 Try again. Both fractions represent one-half.

4. Make your own prediction

Use the examples below. Can you spot pairs that are equivalent?

Pair A

1/3 & 2/6

Pair B

1/4 & 3/12

Pair C

2/5 & 4/10

Pair D

2/5 & 4/15

Challenge: explain your answer using the words same amount, numerator and denominator.

5. Quick practice

Try each question before opening the answer.

1. 1/2 = 2/4 = ___/6

👀 Show answer

✅ 3. So 1/2 = 2/4 = 3/6.

2. 3/5 = ___/10

👀 Show answer

✅ 6. Both numbers are multiplied by 2.

3. 2/5 and 4/15 — equivalent?

👀 Show answer

❌ No. They do not represent the same amount.

4. 4/8 and 1/2 — equivalent?

👀 Show answer

✅ Yes. Both represent one-half.

6. Think and explain

Write your ideas in your own words.

💭 What did you observe?

🔎 How do you know that two fractions are equivalent?

🧩 What happened when both numbers were multiplied by 2?

🌟 Give your own example.

⭐ My discovery
Equivalent fractions have the same value. When both numerator and denominator are multiplied by the same number, the fraction remains equivalent.

Class 5 Mathematics • Equivalent Fractions • Explore • Predict • Explain