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3rd grade · Math · Unit 9 of 18

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 3.3(A); 3.3(C); 3.3(H) · unit fractions, fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8, 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 9 of 18 in 3rd grade Math, after Patterns & Equations and before Halves & Fourths of an Inch.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

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

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

  2. Question 2

    A chocolate bar is cut into 8 equal pieces. Ana eats 3 pieces. What fraction of the chocolate bar did Ana eat?

    🍫8 pieces

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  3. Question 3

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

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  4. Question 4

    What fraction is shaded?

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

  5. Question 5

    What fraction is NOT shaded?

    • 1/6
    • 2/6
    • 1/5
    • 5/6

  6. Question 6

    What fraction of the flowers are tulips?

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    • 4/6
    • 2/7
    • 2/4
    • 2/6

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