Fraction Dominoes

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Materials: The winner is either the first to use all their cards or
64 pre-made fraction domino cards the player who has the smallest number of cards left
when all players have passed.
Number of Players:
2–4

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Place all cards face down on a table to form the
stock pile. To begin, each player picks up seven
cards. The player with the largest fraction goes first
by placing that card face up on the table.
The next player plays a card to match either the
picture or number fraction on the first card. This
begins the chain of cards on the table.
Players take turns matching a card from their hands
to either end of the chain on the table.

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If a player can’t find a match from their hand, the

player picks a card from the stock pile. If there are
no cards remaining in the stock pile, the player
passes.

Alternative Suggestion 1 Alternative Suggestion 2

Play solitaire. Form a chain that uses all of the Use the 8 ‘blank’ cards to create more cards.
cards.

Alternative Suggestion 3 Alternative Suggestion 4

Always match pictures with pictures and numbers Create a new set of cards using rectangular models
with numbers. of fractions instead of circles.
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2 5

2 8
4 10
3 1
6 3
4 2
8 6
5 3
10 9
6 4
12 12
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6 9

2 3
12 11
4 7
10 12

2 1
5 12
2 2
3 10

4 1
6 5
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5 5

3 2
12 12
2 1
8 6

1 6
4 9
1 4
5 6

2 2
10 3
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4 8
2 3
8 4

3 3
12 4
4 6
7 8

5 9
9 12

9 8
12 10
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5 6

4 1
10 3
6 3
10 5

3 6
5 10
4 6
12 12

3 5
9 10
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