Fractional Wall

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

fraction wall showing halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, eighths, twelths and twenty-fourths
Using the image above, how many different ways can you find of writing $\frac{1}{2}$?
From the picture, what equivalent fractions for $\frac{1}{3}$ can you find?
Again, using the image of the fraction wall, how else could you write $\frac{3}{4}$?
What other fractions do you know that are the same as $\frac{1}{2}$?
Find some other fractions which are equivalent to $\frac{3}{4}$.
Can you find any "rules" for working out equivalent fractions?

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