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.
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.