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Equal Shares in the Community Garden

Grade 3 equivalent fractions: use same-size garden beds and a garden path number line to decide when two fractions are equal.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.NF.A.3.a

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students decide that two fractions are equal when they cover the same amount of same-size wholes.
  • Students find equal fractions as fractions at the same point on a number line.
  • Students explain why two fractions with different numbers can name the same amount.

How to use

Use after students can show fractions with bars and number lines. Remind them that the beds in each problem are the same size, and have them line up the two paths to compare points.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.NF.A.3.a

Understand two fractions as equal when they are the same size or at the same point on a number line.

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Equal Shares in the Community Garden

Find fractions that cover the same amount or sit at the same point.

Garden beds

All the garden beds in each problem are the same size. The shaded parts are planted.

1.
Mr. Okafor planted 1/2 of his bed.

Sort these beds. Which ones have the same amount planted as Mr. Okafor's bed?
Same amount as 1/2Not the same amount
2.
Tasha planted the shaded part of her bed. Ivan's bed is split into 8 equal parts, and nothing is planted yet.
Tasha's bed:
Ivan's bed:

Ivan should plant   parts to plant the same amount as Tasha.
1/4 =  /8

3.
Jamal's bed and Sofia's bed are the same size.
Jamal's bed:
Sofia's bed:
Jamal planted 1/3 of his bed. Sofia planted 3/6 of her bed. Which sentence is true?
  • A. They planted the same amount, because the beds are the same size.
  • B. They planted the same amount. Sofia has more parts, but each part is smaller.
  • C. They did not plant the same amount. Sofia planted more, because 1/3 is the same as 2/6, not 3/6.

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