About Fractions: Intro
Explore fractions while you help yourself to 1/3 of a chocolate cake and wash it down with 1/2 a glass of water! Create your own fractions using fun interactive objects. Match shapes and numbers to earn stars in the fractions game. Challenge yourself on any level you like. Try to collect lots of stars!
How to play Fractions: Intro
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Explore fractions while you help yourself to 1/3 of a chocolate cake and wash it down with 1/2 a glass of water!
Questions & answers
- What is Fractions: Intro?
- Fractions: Intro is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Explore fractions while you help yourself to 1/3 of a chocolate cake and wash it down with 1/2 a glass of water! Create your own fractions using fun interactive objects.
- What can kids learn from Fractions: Intro?
- It helps kids explore: predict and explain how changing the numerator of a fraction affects the fraction's value predict and explain how changing the denominator of a fraction affects the fraction's value convert between a picture of a fraction, a numeric fraction, and a point on a number line build matching fractions using numbers and pictures compare fractions using numbers and patterns.
- What age is Fractions: Intro good for?
- It is designed for elementary school (roughly ages 5–10) up to middle school (roughly ages 10–14), and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Fractions: Intro free to play?
- Yes — Fractions: Intro is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.