At home ideas:

• Share food (pizza, sandwiches, candy) and ask:

  • “If we share 3 brownies among 5 people, how much does each person get?”

• Have your child write both forms:

  • 3 ÷ 5 = 3/5

• Use questions like:

  • “What does the numerator tell us?”

  • “What does the denominator tell us?”
    
    

Visual support: Draw circles or rectangles divided into equal parts.

3.d Multiplying a Fraction by a Whole Number 

At home ideas:

• Cooking: “If one serving uses 2/3 cup of milk, how much do we need for 3 servings?”

• Use repeated addition:

  • 3 × 1/4 = 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4

• Have your child model the problem with drawings or fraction strips.

At home ideas:

• Ask comparison questions:
  
  

  • “What happens when we multiply by 1/2? Why does the number get smaller?”
    
    

  • “What happens when we multiply by 3/2? Why does it get bigger?”
    
    

• Use real-world reasoning:
  
  

  • “Half of 8 cookies is fewer than 8 cookies.”

  • “One and a half times 8 cookies is more than 8 cookies.”

3.f Dividing with Unit Fractions

At home ideas:

• Whole ÷ unit fraction:
  
  

  • “How many 1/4-cup servings fit in 2 cups?”
    
    

• Unit fraction ÷ whole:
  
  

  • “If 1/2 of a pizza is shared by 2 people, how much does each get?”
    
    

• Encourage drawing models before calculating.

3.g Creating Story Problems (Extension)

At home ideas:

• Ask your child to make up their own problems using:

  • Sports, baking, money, video games, or animals

• Example prompt:
  
  

  • “Can you create a story where someone divides a whole number by 1/3?”

At home ideas:

• Look for fractions in:

  • Recipes

  • Time (half an hour)

  • Sports stats

  • Sales and discounts

• Ask:

  • “Where do you see fractions being used here?”

  • “Why do fractions make sense in this situation?”
    
    

3.i Critiquing Reasoning (Extension)

At home ideas:

• Present an incorrect solution and ask:
  
  

  • “What mistake do you think was made?”

  • “How could we explain this to help someone understand?”

• Encourage respectful questioning:

  • “What did you do first?”

  • “Does this answer make sense?”

3.j Creating a Product (Extension)

At home ideas:

• Let your child choose a topic they love and show fractions through:

  • A poster, slideshow, comic, video, or mini book

• Examples:

  • Fractions in sports scores

  • Fractions in a favorite recipe

  • Fractions in a video game world