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Community Garden Fractions: Which Bed Has More?

Grade 3 practice comparing fractions with the same numerator or denominator using garden beds, missing-number puzzles, and word problems.

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Aligned to3.NF.A.3.d

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1 Common Core standard
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11 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students compare two fractions with the same denominator and record the result with >, <, or =.
Students compare two fractions with the same numerator by reasoning about the size of the parts.
Students explain that fractions can only be compared when they refer to the same whole.

How to use

Use after students have shaded fraction bars and circles. Let them sketch two same-size beds for any puzzle in Section 2 before writing an answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.NF.A.3.d

Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator.

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Community Garden Fractions: Which Bed Has More?

Compare fractions of same-size garden beds.

Look at the garden beds

The beds in each problem are the same size. Use the pictures to compare.

Mr. Patel's class has two same-size garden beds. Each bed is split into 8 equal parts. The shaded parts have tomato plants.
Bed A:
Bed B:

Bed A has tomatoes in of the bed. Bed B has tomatoes in of the bed. Bed has more tomatoes.

Two round flower beds are the same size. One is split into 3 equal parts. The other is split into 6 equal parts. Sunflowers grow in 1 part of each bed.
Round bed 1: Round bed 2:
Which comparison is true?