Fractions

This article, written for primary teachers, links to rich tasks which will help develop the underlying concepts associated with fractions and offers some suggestions for models and images that help support ideas around fractions.

An article describing activities which will help develop young children's concept of fractions.

Who first used fractions? Were they always written in the same way? How did fractions reach us here? These are the sorts of questions which this article will answer for you.

Written for teachers, this article describes four basic approaches children use in understanding fractions as equal parts of a whole.

The harmonic triangle is built from fractions with unit numerators using a rule very similar to Pascal's triangle.

This article, written by Nicky Goulder and Samantha Lodge, reveals how maths and marimbas can go hand-in-hand! Why not try out some of the musical maths activities in your own classroom?

A personal investigation of Conway's Rational Tangles. What were the interesting questions that needed to be asked, and where did they lead?