Grade 3 Fractions: Unit fractions

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What students practice: Naming fractions of a whole, including unit fractions.

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Grade 3 · Fractions

Unit Fractions

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Set 1 · Grade 3 · Fractions

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Easy

Each part of the bar is the same size. What fraction of the whole bar is one part?
Answer: 1/4

Standard

Each part of the bar is the same size. What fraction of the whole bar is one part?
Answer: 1/8
How many 1/4 pieces make 2/4?
Answer: 2

Challenge

How many 1/4 pieces make 1 whole?
Answer: 4
How many 1/5 pieces make 2 wholes?
Answer: 10

Where this skill fits

Previous skill: Name the fraction of a bar
Next skill: Fractions on a number line
All grades: Fractions worksheets, Grades 3–5

Related Common Core standards

3.NF.A.1 — Understand a fraction 1/b as one part of a whole split into b equal parts.

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