Turn fraction comparisons into a high-energy classroom favorite!

This Fraction “War” Card Game brings hands-on learning, critical thinking, and math fun to small groups, partner work, and spiral review.

With a variety of fraction sets and clear instructions, this game helps students build fraction fluency in an engaging, low-prep format.

Kids will love flipping and comparing fractions, while you’ll love how easy it is to reinforce fraction concepts without a single worksheet.

What’s Included in the Fraction “War” Card Game:

• 8 sets of printable fraction cards
  
• Fraction values in various forms: like denominators, unlike denominators, and mixed sets
  
• Easy-to-follow instructions for standard War-style gameplay
  
• Matching deck labels for organized storage
  
• Teacher tips for prepping, printing, and getting the most from the game
  

Print on card stock or laminate for durability. Want a fun visual twist? Use the white side of scrapbook paper for colorful, non-see-through backs!

Skills Addressed:

Primary Academic Skills:

• Comparing fractions with like and unlike denominators: Kids practice finding greater and lesser values with visual and symbolic support.
  
• Understanding fractional value and reasoning: Reinforces how numerator and denominator impact value.
  
• Reading and interpreting fraction symbols: Improves number sense by linking written fractions to quantities.
  
• Mathematical logic and greater than/less than practice: Deepens understanding of number relationships through repeated comparisons.
  

Secondary Skills (Life Skills & SEL):

• Turn-taking and fair play: Encourages respectful, cooperative learning.
  
• Quick thinking and decision-making: Boosts processing speed with number value recognition.
  
• Visual scanning and attention to detail: Helps kids develop focus by comparing fraction parts.
  
• Math confidence through game-based learning: Turns review into something students ask to play again.
  
• Peer interaction and social growth: Supports collaboration in both competitive and cooperative settings.
  

How to Play the Fraction War Game:

1. Deal the cards evenly between two players and stack them face-down.
2. Both players flip one card at the same time.
3. The player with the greater fraction wins both cards and adds them to their pile.
4. If the fractions are equal, it's WAR! Each player lays down three cards face-down, then flips a fourth. The higher fraction wins all cards in the round.
5. Keep playing until one player runs out of cards or time is up. The player with the most cards wins!
   

How and Where to Use the Fraction Card Games:

• Math centers and station rotations: Add this fraction comparison game to your independent math centers for a fun way to reinforce greater than/less than concepts using visual fraction cards.
  
• Guided math or RTI small groups: Use the fractions game in small groups to support targeted intervention and reinforce fraction value and equivalent fractions through hands-on practice.
  
• Sub plans that require zero extra prep: This ready-to-print fraction card game is perfect for substitute plans that still keep students reviewing critical math skills like comparing fractions and reasoning with numbers.
  
• Partner games and early finisher tubs: Keep students meaningfully engaged with a partner fraction activity that builds fluency with numerator and denominator comparisons while they wait for the next lesson.
  
• Homeschool math time: Add interactive math games to your homeschool routine with this simple and engaging tool for reinforcing fraction skills without needing a textbook.
  
• Visual support for special education or ELL students: Fraction War card games provide repeated exposure to fraction vocabulary and value with visual models that support learners who benefit from concrete, hands-on reinforcement.
  
• Fraction review before tests or during spiral review weeks: Use this fraction game as a review activity to solidify understanding of fraction sizes, equivalency, and comparisons before unit tests or during ongoing review.
  

Standards Alignment:

✔ Common Core Math Standards:

• 3.NF.A.3d: Compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator
• 4.NF.A.1: Explain fraction equivalence using visual models
• 4.NF.A.2: Compare fractions with different denominators
• 5.NF.A.1: Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators using models
  

✔ Texas TEKS:

• MA.3.3.H: Compare two fractions with same numerator or same denominator
• MA.4.3.G: Represent and compare fractions and decimals
  

✔ Virginia SOLs:

• 3.2a: Use models and symbols to compare fractions
• 4.2c: Estimate and compare fractions using benchmarks and visuals

Check out what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Emily Kissner (TPT Seller)  wrote, “This was a fun game for enrichment groups. For fourth graders, I used it after we did some instruction; for fifth graders, I used it to assess where students were by comparing fractions.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ JeanneEllen G. wrote, “Great for tutoring.  Children are learning while having fun.   Great tool for small groups.”

This fraction card game is everything your students need and nothing they don’t.

Prep it once, use it all year. Let your kids master fractions through play!

✨ Add the Fraction “War” Card Game to your math center lineup today!

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