Printable Fraction Strips (Free PDF)

This is the fraction wall children know from the classroom. Nine bars of exactly the same length sit one under the other: the whole, then halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, sixths, eighths, tenths and twelfths. Every part is labelled with its fraction, and every row is named in the margin, so the sheet works as a wall chart and as something to point at while explaining equivalence.

Because the bars are the same length and drawn to scale, equivalent fractions line up down the page: one half sits exactly over two quarters, three sixths and six twelfths, and one third over two sixths and four twelfths. That makes comparing and ordering fractions a matter of looking rather than calculating, which is why the wall is usually introduced before any written method.

Choose the color version for a wall display or a workbook page, or black and white if you are printing a class set or want children to color the parts themselves. Cutting one copy into strips turns it into a hands-on set for laying fractions side by side; keep a second copy whole as a reference. There is nothing to type in — this one is a reference sheet, not a form.