Easy Prep Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers Review

It seems like the most effective teaching ideas and activities come at the last minute. Maybe you realize your students need some extra practice with a certain concept or you have a group that finishes early and needs something to do. This activity was a "morning of" idea I had for my math intervention group as we practiced multiplying and dividing mixed numbers. We needed some more practice with this skill, but I wanted to avoid just giving a worksheet. Instead, we made a challenge out of it!

Each student got one regular die and one fraction die. The idea was pretty simple, but very engaging. They rolled the two dice together to make a mixed number. Then they rolled them both again to create a second mixed number that they multiplied with their first number. This would also work great for dividing mixed numbers!

*If you don't have fraction dice, your could five them each 3 regular dice. Their first roll is the whole number and the next two create their fraction.

To make it into a challenge, every time they completed a problem correctly, they got to go up to the board and add a tally to our "Problems Completed" tracker. I went around and checked their answers as they finished.

For other games and activities to help practice operations with fractions, be sure to check out the following links!

Fraction Frenzy: A Dividing Fractions Board Game

Connect Four: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Exit Slips: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions - 6th Grade Math