Equal parts first
Children learn fractions as equal shares of one whole. Circles and bars show the same idea two ways, so the fraction is not tied to one shape.In the MOE curriculum
- Primary 2Fractions start here: part of a whole, with denominators up to 12, comparing unit and like fractions.
- Primary 3Equivalent fractions, simplest form, and comparing fractions with different denominators.
- Primary 4Mixed numbers, improper fractions and fraction of a set.
Singapore introduces fractions in Primary 2, not Primary 1, so the halves and fourths sheets are best kept for P2 or used as an early taste late in P1. P2 children also add and subtract like fractions within one whole, which this maker does not set, and work with denominators up to 12, beyond its eighths.
Folding paper strips before shading helps. Give the bars extra time: a bar cut into equal units is the same picture children later use in model drawing for fraction word problems.
Summarised in our own words from the MOE Primary Mathematics Syllabus (Primary One to Six, 2021, updated October 2025).
