Excel Interactive Resource: Equivalent Fraction Bars

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2
Fractions

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Set the numerator and denominator. The top bar will automatically form into sections to show this fraction.

Turn on the middle bar to see a fraction equivalent to this but with a denominator twice that of the top bar.

The bottom bar represents another fraction equivalent to the top bar but with a denominator three times greater.
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