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Overview
Overview
Your student will be learning:
- a fraction describes the division of a whole into equal parts.
Example: One whole pizza divided in eight equal servings would be cut into 1/8 pieces.
- the numerator tells how many equal parts of the whole are being considered and the denominator tells how many equal parts the whole is divided into.
Example: The part of the fraction that is shaded is 2/5.
The numerator is 2 and the denominator is 5.
- fractions are shown on number lines as points between two whole numbers.
Resources
Resources
- Free Apps
zMath Grade 3 Fractions Lite
zMath Grade 3 Fractions Lite
Your child will practice various skills related to fractions.
- Websites
- Pizza Party. In this PrimaryGames.com game, your child will click on the fraction that shows how much pizza was left.
- Books
- If I Were a Fraction by Trisha Speed Shaskan. The author focuses on fractions as part of a whole with examples for halves, thirds, fourths, and eighths.
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