Level Four > Number and Algebra

Fraction Dominoes

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Purpose:

This activity provides students with a fun, game context in which to practice their equivalent fraction skills.

Achievement Objectives:

Specific Learning Outcomes:

use their knowledge of equivalent fractions to match dominoes.

Required Resource Materials:

Fractions Dominoes downloaded from MathCentral

Activity:

Count that there are 27 dominoes.
Place them facedown on the table and shuffle them until they're random.
Each player takes 7 dominoes.
The player with the highest double goes first.
Each player must lay a domino with equivalent value next to a domino that has already been placed. Make sure equivalent values are always touching.
Pick up from the pile if you can’t place a domino. Keep these dominoes concealed from your opponent(s).
Pass if no more dominoes are left in the pile.
The winner is the first person to run out of dominoes.

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