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Paper Lantern Festival: Fractions of Lanterns and Strips

Grade 3 fractions at a paper lantern festival: name unit fractions and fractions like 3/8 from circles, bars, and stories.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.NF.A.1

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 13 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students name a unit fraction 1/b as one of b equal parts of a whole.
  • Students name a fraction a/b as a parts that are each 1/b of the whole.
  • Students explain why the parts of a whole must be equal to name a fraction.

How to use

Use after introducing unit fractions. Ask students to count the equal parts first, then the shaded parts, before writing each fraction.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.NF.A.1

Understand a unit fraction 1/b as one of b equal parts, and a/b as a of those parts.

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Paper Lantern Festival: Fractions of Lanterns and Strips

Name the equal parts of lanterns and paper strips with fractions.

Read the lanterns

Look at each picture. Write a fraction like 2/5 for the shaded part.

1.
Mei paints one equal part of this round lantern red. The red part is shaded.

What fraction of the lantern is red?  

2.
Diego decorates a paper strip for his lantern.

What fraction of the strip is shaded?  

3.

How many equal parts does the lantern have?  
How many parts are shaded?  
What fraction of the lantern is shaded?  

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