3.NF.1

In this standard, students are expected to understand that:

1) a fraction must have EQUAL parts

2) a unit fraction is the size of 1 piece of a whole (1/4 is a unit fraction)

3) the numerator represents the number of EQUAL parts that are identified (shaded/unshaded/etc.)

4) the denominator represents the total number of EQUAL parts in ONE whole shape

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