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Snow Day Fractions: Scarves, Sleds, and Snow Forts

Grade 3 snow day worksheet on unit fractions. Students see 1/b as one of b equal parts and a/b as a parts of size 1/b.

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Aligned to3.NF.A.1

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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

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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 of size 1/b.
Students explain why the parts must be equal before naming a fraction.

How to use

Use after students have folded or cut paper strips into equal parts. For each question, have them find the number of equal parts in the whole before they write a 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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Snow Day Fractions: Scarves, Sleds, and Snow Forts

Name equal parts of a whole with fractions.

Equal parts first

A fraction names equal parts of one whole.

On a snow day, everything gets cut into pieces. Sort each one. Are the pieces fourths of the whole?

A scarf cut into 4 pieces that are all the same lengthA snow fort wall made of 4 blocks: 2 big blocks and 2 small blocksA sled rope cut into 4 equal piecesA pan of cornbread cut into 4 pieces, with one piece much bigger than the othersA paper snowflake folded into 4 matching parts that are the same sizeA sidewalk split into 3 equal parts