Blank fraction strips

Blank fraction strips are the same bars as the labelled chart, cut into equal parts with nothing written in them. The child counts the parts in each bar, writes the fraction in every piece, and checks against the labelled strips on page 2.

Free printable PDF, 3rd grade to 4th grade, answer key on page 2.

Strips
Fraction strips

One page, black and white, prints the same every time.

Tap the sheet to print it. The picture follows the options you pick.

What is on the sheet

The table below is the sheet as it prints with these options: 1 to 12ths.

The printed sheet leaves some cells empty. This is the filled chart, the same one that prints as the answer key on page 2.

1
1/2 1/2
1/3 1/3 1/3
1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5
1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6
1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8
1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10
1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12

Labelling the bars

Count the parts in a bar first, then write the fraction in each one: four parts means every piece is one quarter. Writing "1/4" four times in a row is the point, because it fixes the idea that the denominator is the number of equal parts and the numerator is one of them. Once the page is labelled, shade one piece on each bar and put the bars in order by the size of that piece.

Checking it

Page 2 is the labelled chart with every label marked, so the sheets can be laid side by side. A bar labelled with the wrong denominator usually means the parts were counted wrongly, which is worth a second count together.

Common questions

Can I use these as cut-outs too?
Yes; once labelled, cut them along the lines and they are the same manipulative as the labelled set.