Fraction strips
Color-coded fraction bars from one whole down to twelfths — print, cut, compare.
How to print it
- Open the print view. Press Print for a clean print-ready view, or download the PDF or PNG below the chart.
- Fit to page. In the print dialog choose “Fit to page” — the chart is laid out for US Letter and scales cleanly onto A4.
- Copy freely. Print or photocopy as many as you need for home, classroom or tutoring use. It is free, with no sign-up.
About the fraction strips
Fraction strips turn the scariest topic in primary math into something you can hold: every row is the same whole, cut into more (and therefore smaller) equal parts. Line up the halves row against the fourths row and equivalence stops being a rule and becomes something you can see — 1/2 sits exactly over 2/4. This set runs 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10 and 1/12, color-coded by row and labeled on every piece. Print on cardstock and cut the rows into pieces, or keep the page whole as a fraction wall chart.
Grade level: this chart is used in our3rd grade math worksheets and 5th grade math worksheets collections.
Frequently asked questions
How do you use fraction strips?
Cut the rows into pieces and compare: how many sixths cover a half? Which is bigger, 2/3 or 3/4? Physical comparison builds the intuition that rules alone don’t.
Why these denominators?
Halves through sixths plus eighths, tenths and twelfths cover the classic fraction-wall set — rich in equivalences (2/4 = 1/2, 4/8 = 1/2) without odd sizes that rarely appear in school work.
Should I laminate them?
If you can — cardstock or lamination keeps cut pieces usable all year. The colors also survive black-and-white copying as distinct shades.