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4th grade · Math · Unit 9 of 15

Fractions

Halves to tenths

What your child practices

Reading and naming fractions from halves to tenths, counting by fractions, comparing them, and seeing 3 × 1/4 as three fourths.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 4.15; 4.16 · building fractions from unit fractions and multiplying a fraction by a whole number

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Count by fractions like counting by 1s: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4.
  2. The bottom number tells the size of the parts.
  3. Repeated addition is multiplication: 3 groups of 2/5.

Example: Count by fourths: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, what comes next? The top number grows by 1. 4/4 is one whole. Answer: 4/4

Fractions in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 9 of 15 in 4th grade Math, after Polygons & Perimeter and before Angles & Area.

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

    Count by fourths. What comes next?

    1/4, 2/4,

    • 3/4
    • 4/4
    • 2/5

  2. Question 2

    In 2/5, what does the 2 tell you?

    • how big the whole is
    • how many of the equal parts we have
    • how many equal parts make a whole

  3. Question 3

    What is this repeated addition as a multiplication?

    1/4 + 1/4

    • 2 × 1/4 = 1/6
    • 2 × 1/4 = 2/8
    • 2 × 1/4 = 2/4

  4. Question 4

    Which is greater, 1/6 or 1/3?

    • 1/6
    • 1/3

  5. Question 5

    Which fraction is equal to 1/5?

    • 1/10
    • 2/5
    • 2/10

  6. Question 6

    Count by tenths. What comes next?

    1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 4/10, 5/10,

    • 7/10
    • 5/11
    • 6/10

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