Represent Fractions

3rd Grade Math Resources for families

Big Ideas

Represent fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 with a variety of objects and pictorial models, including strip diagrams and number lines

Compose and decompose fractions

The Progression of Fractions

Represent fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 with a variety of objects and pictorial models, including strip diagrams and number lines

  • Get a package of index cards and work with your child to see how many different “halves” you can cut out of the index cards. Challenge each other to get creative and defend why the images you create are (or are not) halves! Repeat this for other fractional units, such as thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths.

How-To: Represent Fractions

Represent Fractions

Fractions on a Number Line

Game: Represent Fractions

Compose and decompose fractions

  • Help your child practice partitioning household items (pieces of paper, portions of food, a pack of crayons, etc.) into equal parts.

Decomposing Fractions

Unit Fractions

Composing Fractions