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Grade 3 · Math · Unit 6 of 13

Fractions

Parts of a whole

What your child practises

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.

Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum curriculum outcome: Number sense and number theory (by Grade 3) · fractions as parts of a whole and of a set

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practise.

  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

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

    In 5/6, what does the 6 tell you?

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

  2. Question 2

    A pie is cut into 8 equal slices. Mila eats 1 slice. What fraction of the pie did Mila eat?

    🥧8 slices

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  3. Question 3

    Which is bigger: 1/4 or 1/3?

    • 1/4
    • They are the same
    • 1/3

  4. Question 4

    What fraction of the flowers are tulips?

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    • 7/9
    • 1/8
    • 7/10
    • 7/8

  5. Question 5

    Which is more: 4/5 or 1/5?

    • 4/5
    • They are the same
    • 1/5

  6. Question 6

    What fraction is shaded?

    • 5/6
    • 4/6
    • 2/6
    • 4/7

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