Inspirations & Ideas — 8th Grade Support
Fraction Feud was developed to engage students with fractions in ways they may not have experienced before. The fraction of area shaded on each card is that card's value — students compare, compute, and compete their way to fluency.
Fraction Feud cards are ripe with opportunities to reason about unit fractions, equivalent fractions, magnitude, and partitioning — everything students need to develop deep fraction sense, instead of relying on procedures.
The kids absolutely loved Fraction Feud War, and they were really sad the class ended.
CPM Teacher
Students have such a negative view of fractions. Trying to use them in a game is a great way to focus their thinking.
CPM Teacher
It was good practice for them to find what fractions the cards represent and then compare them.
CPM Teacher
All games use the same 52-card deck. Mix and match throughout the year to keep fraction reasoning fresh and engaging.
Fraction Feud War
2 playersDeal all cards evenly. Each player flips their top card — the player with the greater fraction wins both cards. If the cards are equivalent, it's war: each player places one card face down, then one face up. The greatest fraction wins all six cards. The player who collects the full deck wins.
Slap <⅜
2+ playersPlayers take turns placing cards face up in the center pile. When the top card shows a fraction less than ⅜, the first player to slap it and correctly name the fraction wins the pile. Slapping a card greater than or equal to ⅜, or misidentifying the fraction, means you give the pile to a correct challenger.
Go Fish Fractions
2–5 playersDeal 7 cards each (2–3 players) or 5 cards each (4–5 players). Players ask for a specific fraction to make equivalent pairs. If the asked player doesn't have it, "Go Fish" in the center pile. Equivalent pairs are removed from play. The player with the most pairs wins.
Fraction Concentration
2–3 playersLay all cards face down in rows. Players take turns flipping two cards looking for a matching pair (same image, same color). When a match is found, the player must correctly name the fraction to claim the pair — otherwise another player can steal it. Most pairs wins. Half the deck works for two players.
Last Fraction Standing
4+ playersDeal all cards to the class. Players find a partner and play one round of Fraction Feud War — the loser surrenders all their cards and sits down. Winners shuffle and find a new partner. Play continues until one player holds the entire deck. Great as a full-class activity.
Three quick activities that use the Fraction Feud cards for structured practice — great for warm-ups, centers, or early finishers.
WODB
Turn four different cards face up. Choose which card does not belong with the others and justify why. Multiple right answers are possible — the reasoning is the point.
Operations
Turn two cards face up. Determine the value of each card, then perform the operations shown on each card with those fractions. A quick, flexible computation activity for any skill level.
Fraction Sort
Separate one operation (+, -, ×, or ÷) from the deck. Arrange all 13 cards for that operation in ascending order based on their values. A great visual exercise for understanding how operations affect fraction size.
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