Color the fraction worksheet
Each row shows a fraction and a bar already divided into equal parts. The child colors that many parts. Five fractions per sheet, halves through sixths. Free, no account, no ads.
Fractions on this sheet
Five fractions, halves through sixths, drawn fresh each time. Every bar is already divided into equal parts, so the child only colors. New version gives a different set of five at the same level.
Color the fraction
Color the correct number of parts.
- 1/6
- 4/5
- 1/5
- 2/3
- 1/4
How it works
Every bar is divided for the child, into parts that are all the same size. The fraction beside it says how many of those parts to color. The bottom number is how many parts the bar has; the top number is how many to color. Because the parts are equal, it does not matter which ones the child colors, only how many, so the sheet is easy to check at a glance.
Why the bar comes already divided
Asking a child to divide a bar into equal parts turns the sheet into a drawing task, and a bar split unevenly is nearly right in a way that is hard to mark. Printing the parts keeps the question about the fraction itself. It also keeps the answer checkable by counting rather than by judging how neat the drawing is.
Where it fits
This is a fourth and fifth grade sheet. Coloring a fraction is usually where fractions start, before comparing them or adding them. When written arithmetic is the right level you can make a worksheet in seconds, and the grade 4 and grade 5 pages gather the rest of the resources for this age.