Common Core 3.NF.A.1

Fractions as parts of a shape

The bottom number counts the equal parts in the whole bar. The top number counts how many of those parts are shaded. The parts have to be equal, or it is not that fraction.

One worked example

A bar in 4 equal parts, 1 shaded

  1. The whole is split into 4 equal parts.
  2. 1 part is shaded.
  3. The fraction is 1/4.

Answer: 1/4

Understand a fraction as one or more equal parts of a whole.

Write the fraction that is shaded.

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

Answer key
  1. 1/3
  2. 7/8
  3. 1/2
  4. 5/6

Write the fraction that is shaded.

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1.

What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

Answer key
  1. 1/4
  2. 1/3
  3. 5/8
  4. 2/3
  5. 3/4
  6. 1/2

Write the fraction that is shaded.

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1.

What fraction of the bar is shaded?

2.

What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

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What fraction of the bar is shaded?

Answer key
  1. 1/4
  2. 1/2
  3. 2/3
  4. 1/8
  5. 1/6
  6. 1/2
  7. 1/4
  8. 1/3

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Fractions on a number line

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