Oreo Cookie Fractions with Free Fraction Mats

Use Oreo cookies to teach fractions with these free fraction mats! Oreo cookie fractions are a fun, hands-on and edible math activity!

As I was eating Oreo I was thinking how you could easily turn them into a hands-on, edible math activity

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Thus, these fraction mats were born! They’re so easy to use, and are a great way to introduce or reinforce fractions.

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Who knew math and fractions could be so tasty?

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After taking one of the cookies off of the Oreo, I was left with the frosting and one cookie.

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Carefully cut the frosting into the desired fraction.

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There’s a total of three mats, with seconds, thirds, and fourths.

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These fraction mats can be used for more than just Oreos.

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