Grade 3 · Math · Unit 6 of 15
Fair Shares
Share up to 20 things
What your child practises
Sharing up to 20 items fairly among 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 or 10 people, including leftovers that must be cut up, and seeing that different fractions can be the same amount.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B1.6, B1.7 · fair-share problems with up to 20 items and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 or 10 sharers, and equivalent fractions
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is the same amount as one third?
- two sixths
- four sixths
- two fifths
Show answer
two sixths
Hint: Cut every part into smaller equal parts. The amount stays the same.
Question 2
8 muffins are shared fairly by 6 friends. How much does each friend get?
🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁- 1 and one half
- 1 and one sixth
- 1 and one third
Show answer
1 and one third
Hint: Give each friend the same number of whole muffins. Cut what is left over into equal parts.
Question 3
11 muffins are shared fairly by 2 friends. How much does each friend get?
🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁- 6
- 5 and one half
- 5
Show answer
5 and one half
Hint: Give each friend the same number of whole muffins. Cut what is left over into equal parts.
Question 4
What fraction of the shape is shaded?
- 1/6
- 3/6
- 2/6
Show answer
2/6
Hint: The bottom number says how many equal parts. The top number says how many are shaded.
Question 5
Which is the same amount as two eighths?
- two sixths
- one fourth
- four eighths
Show answer
one fourth
Hint: Cut every part into smaller equal parts. The amount stays the same.
Question 6
13 muffins are shared fairly by 3 friends. How much does each friend get?
🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁- 4 and two thirds
- 4
- 4 and one third
Show answer
4 and one third
Hint: Give each friend the same number of whole muffins. Cut what is left over into equal parts.