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3rd grade · Math · Unit 4 of 14

Fractions

Parts of a whole

What your child practices

Naming fractions of a shape, a set and a number line, knowing what the top and bottom numbers mean, and comparing fractions by the size of their parts.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 3.13; 3.14; 3.15 · unit fractions, fractions on a number line, and comparing fractions

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The bottom number says how many equal parts make a whole.
  2. The top number says how many parts we have.
  3. With the same bottom number, the bigger top number is more.

Example: A pie has 4 equal slices. Amir eats 1. What fraction did he eat? The whole is 4 equal parts. He ate 1 part, so 1/4. Answer: 1/4

Fractions in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 4 of 14 in 3rd grade Math, after Division and before Patterns & Equations.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A pie is cut into 8 equal slices. Noah eats 3 slices. What fraction of the pie did Noah eat?

    🥧8 slices

    answer box

  2. Question 2

    Which is bigger: 1/2 or 1/8?

    • 1/8
    • 1/2
    • They are the same

  3. Question 3

    What fraction is shaded?

    • 2/4
    • 1/3
    • 3/4
    • 1/4

  4. Question 4

    Which is more: 2/4 or 3/4?

    • 3/4
    • They are the same
    • 2/4

  5. Question 5

    In 2/4, what does the 4 tell you?

    • How many of the parts are shaded
    • How many wholes there are
    • How many equal parts make the whole

  6. Question 6

    What fraction is shaded? Type it like 1/2.

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