Fraction Tiles

Web Link: Polypad – Virtual Manipulatives – Mathigon

Flexibility: Using Fraction Bars on the left menu of Polypad allows a teacher to bring them into the blank canvas. It will bring in the tiles as they equal one. This means it will bring in 4 1/4th tiles or 8 1/8th tiles. They can be shrunk to the number you want or split and moved apart from each other. Polypad provides for 1/2 to 1/9th tiles. There is a pen and textbox feature to draw or add information to the canvas. One current limitation of the textbox feature is not being able to create fractional notation, it has to be created with the pen. The canvas can be saved and a link sent to the students to access what the teacher has created. Images can also be uploaded into the canvas to be used for reference. Clicking and dragging will allow a teacher to select multiple tiles to move around at one time.

User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch-friendly.

Browsers: Works with all major browsers

Web Link: Interactive Fraction Wall | online fraction | percentage | decimal | visnos

Flexibility: Easily the most advanced fraction bars manipulative listed on this website. Probably best for teacher and older student use. Features here include

• There are a number of built-in walls (1 - 1/12) (mixed) (1/2s) (1/3s) (1/5s)(1/prime#)

• The unit can be changed from simplified fractions, fractions, percentages, and decimals. Showing their equivalence.

• Answers at the end can be hidden so students have to figure them out first.

• There is a randomization option to select random numerators.

• There is an option to align all fraction bars to the left (any can be clicked and highlighted)

• There is an equivalence mode, where when any fraction bar is clicked, the equivalent fractions will be highlighted on the other bars.

• There is an option to work for the lowest common multiples.

• The answer bar can be changed to a different unit from the wall, being simplified fractions, fractions, percentages, or decimals.

• Up to 14 bars can be added. These bars can go from 1 to 1/100, although an added bar will default to 1/120

User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch-friendly. Only one bar can be turned on at a time, which makes working with larger fractions more difficult if not using equivalency mode.

Browsers: Works with all major browsers

Web Link: Fraction Number (didax.com)

Flexibility: This virtual manipulative gives a blank canvas for working with fraction bars. Bars are provided for 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, 1/12, 1/16. There is an option to turn on a number line from 0 to 2. The labels for the bars can be turned on or off. There is a pen to write on the canvas. Bars will automatically snap to each other at the top and at the sides. Bars will automatically move to the left of the canvas unless they were already snapped to a bar above it.

User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch-friendly.

Browsers: Works with all major browsers

Web Link: Fraction Bars | Math Playground

Flexibility: This virtual manipulative gives space to compare 5 fraction bars. By clicking the bar you want to change, and changing the sliders at the bottom, it will change the fraction bar into the numerator and denominator you want to compare. All bars are 1/1 but can be turned into 20/20. There is also the ability to hide the fractional numbers.

User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch-friendly.

Browsers: Works with all major browsers

Web Link: Fraction Wall (mathsbot.com)

Flexibility: This applet provides a fraction wall that can be manipulated. Blocks can be copied to create more of them. It is possible to take the labels and colours off. It is also possible to change the colour of the blocks. There is a toggle button to toggle the label on the blocks between fractional, decimal, and percentage equivalents. The fraction wall can be extended from a denominator of 2 to a denominator of 24.

User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch-friendly.

Browsers: Works with all major browsers.