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Fraction Match shows a fraction and four candidates, and asks which one is equal to it. Underneath, the skill is cancelling: recognising that 6/8 and 3/4 are the same number written two ways. Getting that recognition to instant is what makes fractions stop being slow, because almost every fraction question begins by simplifying something. Sixty seconds, tap to answer.
Choose simplifying, equivalents or comparing, then press Start.
A fraction appears with four options — tap the one that matches.
A correct tap advances immediately and the clock keeps running.
A miss shows the common factor that links the pair.
Your score is correct matches inside the minute.
Recognising equivalent fractions by their common factor, rather than by cross-multiplying. That recognition is what makes adding, comparing and simplifying fractions quick, and it leans directly on the times tables.
Simplify before you compare. Two fractions in lowest terms are equal only if they are identical.
Check the top and bottom for a shared factor. If both are even, halve both and look again.
The times tables do the work here — 7/21 collapses the moment you see 21 as 3 × 7.
For comparing, make the denominators match or convert both to decimals. Whichever is faster for those particular numbers.
Fractions that name the same number. 1/2, 2/4, 3/6 and 50/100 are all equivalent, because each is the previous one multiplied top and bottom by the same amount.
Divide the numerator and the denominator by the same number until no common factor is left. 18/24 divides by 6 to give 3/4.
Because you are multiplying by a disguised 1. Multiplying 3/4 by 2/2 gives 6/8, and 2/2 is 1, so the value is unchanged.
Cross-multiply: compare 3 × 8 against 4 × 5 to decide between 5/8 and 3/4. For simple numbers, converting both to decimals is often faster.