Circle Takeover: 5th Grade Fraction Challenge

1. Fill In That Circle! A 5th Grade Level Fraction Game

2. Supplies Needed • Groups of two • 2 Different colored pencils per group • Scratch Paper • The Handout • Virtual Dice • Virtual Dice can be found here, http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/

3. How To Play Each group will have two players, player 1 and player 2, they will take turns. The dice will be rolled 4 times, the player who’s turn it is records each number and then makes two fractions from these 4 numbers. They will then have thirty seconds to add the two fractions together, and find a place on the hand out to color in their new sum fraction.

4. Goal Pink Takes Over The Circle • “Take over” as many circles as you can. • You must color over half a circle in order for it to be taken over. • Once there are no more moves to be made, the player with the most circles wins.

5. Rules • The denominator must be larger than or equal to the numerator in both fractions. • If time runs out before a player is done, they may not finish or start coloring a circle. • If students are capable, they are allowed to split their fraction and color on more than one circle. • A circle must be colored over half by one player to be considered taken over.

6. Example Turn Dice Rolled #’s: 3, 1,5, 3