Practical approaches to fractions and decimals

Making Fractions is an invaluable professional development handbook for classroom teachers and maths leads. Grounded in contexts such as sharing and measuring, Making Fractions contains a wide range of engaging practical activities that progress gradually from halves and quarters to tenths and hundredths and beyond, to bring fractions and decimals to life. Based on the authors' Nuffield Foundation-funded research project, A guide to the use of practical tasks and manipulatives in the teaching of fractions and decimals with children aged 3 to 11, these practical ideas have been extensively trialed and are easy to implement in the classroom.

"Probably the best publication on fractions I've ever read. Everything you need to plan EY-Y6 is here. Ways to use manipulatives I'd never considered. Thank you to all the talented writers involved!" - Jean Knapp, Lead Teacher and Maths Consultant

"[This book is] a triumph of experience, expertise and pedagogy. If you teach Fractions, Decimals, Percent, Place Value at any age, buy this book." - Bernie Westacott, retired Maths teacher and Head of Maths, independent consultant

"The practical ideas allow for a level playing field... as children can collaborate on learning with differing ability which is at the forfront of a mastery curriculum. I also love the progression of the skills as the book continues through." - Rory Gratwohl, Deputy Headteacher