Maths Fractions
Fraction Information Cards
Eighths

$Fraction Salamander Picture$

Welcome to the Math Salamanders Maths Fractions Information cards for eighths.

Here you will find a selection of free printable fraction information cards that will help your child learn their Fraction facts and their percent and decimal equivalences for eighths.

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Maths Fractions Information Page

How to learn Fractions

On this webpage, you will find some helpful fraction information, and printable resource cards.

On each information card, you will find a complete sheet all about a given fraction, including examples of shapes with the given fraction shaded, and showing where the fraction sits on a number line.

This resource page cover eighths.

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What is a fraction?

A fraction is a number which contains parts of a whole.

In the example below, the fraction shaded is ²/₅ because 2 parts out of 5 are shaded.

The parts have to be equal in size!

$pentagon with 2/5 shaded$

Fractions can be smaller than or larger than one (one whole).

In the example below, there is ⁴/₃ shaded (or 1¹/₃).

$four thirds circles shaded$

Fractions Decimals Percents

Below are some common conversions for fractions into decimals and percents.

Fraction	Equivalent to	Decimal	Percent
1/2 2/2 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 5/5 1/6 2/6 3/6 4/6 5/6 6/6 1/8 2/8 3/8 4/8 5/8 6/8 7/8 8/8 1/10 2/10 3/10 4/10 5/10 6/10 7/10 8/10 9/10 10/10	1/2 1 1/3 2/3 1 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 5/5 1/6 1/3 1/2 2/3 5/6 1 1/8 1/4 3/8 1/2 5/8 3/4 7/8 1 1/10 1/5 3/10 2/5 1/2 3/5 7/10 4/5 9/10 1	0.5 1.0 0.333 0.667 1.0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.167 0.333 0.5 0.666 0.833 1.0 0.125 0.25 0.375 0.5 0.625 0.75 0.875 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0	50% 100% 33.3% 66.7% 100% 25% 50% 75% 100% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 16.7% 33.3% 50% 66.7% 83.3% 100% 12.5% 25% 37.5% 50% 62.5% 75% 87.5% 100% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Where a digit is underlined, it means that the number has been rounded to 3 decimal places, or to the nearest 0.1%.

Fraction Information Cards - Eighths

Here you will find a selection of Fraction Information Cards designed to help your child how to learn Fractions.

Each fraction card comes in 3 different formats:

The first format is a color printable fraction information page showing the fraction in different representations.
The second format is a simple worksheet which involves shading the correct amount of each shape which has been divided up and also placing the fraction correctly on a number line.
The third format is a harder worksheet which involves writing down the correct decimal and percentage for each fraction as well as shading the correct amount of each undivided shape and placing the fraction on a number line.

Using these fraction information cards will help your child to:

understand different representation of a range of fractions (eighths);
begin to learn how to place fractions correctly on a fraction line;
know decimal and percent equivalence for each fraction;
being to learn about fraction equivalences.

All the free printable maths fractions cards in this section support the Elementary Math Benchmarks.

Maths Fractions Cards - Eighths

Free Printable Fraction Strips

Here you will find a selection of Fraction Strips designed to help your child understand their unit Fractions.

Using Fraction Strips is a great way to learn your Fraction facts and help you to understand exactly how much fractions are worth.

They are also a great resource for equivalent fractions, and can show children visually that a half is the same as two-fourths or three-sixths.

Using these fraction strips will help your child to:

understand Fraction as lengths;
understand equivalent fractions;
understand visually how much each unit fraction is worth.

All the free printable Math Fraction Strips in this section follow the Elementary Math Benchmarks.

$printable fraction strips image$

Printable Fraction Strips

Equivalent Fraction Strips

Fraction Riddles

Riddles are a great way to get children to apply their knowledge of fractions.

These riddles are a good way to start off a maths lesson, or also to use as a way of checking your child's understanding about fractions.

All the riddles consist of 3 or 4 clues and a selection of 6 or 8 possible answers. Children have to read the clues and work out which is the correct answer.

The riddles can also be used as a template for the children to write their own clues for a partner to guess.