What are Fractions?
3rd Grade•25 minutes
Learning Objective
I can identify fractions as equal parts of a whole.
Key Concepts
A fraction shows parts of a whole.
The numerator is the top number of a fraction and shows how many parts we are talking about, while the denominator is the bottom number and shows the total number of parts.
If a pizza has four parts, and Kelly eats one part, Kelly ate one-fourth of the pizza.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What does a fraction represent?
2. If a cake is cut into 8 equal slices and you eat 2 slices, what fraction of the cake did you eat? Explain which number is the numerator and which is the denominator.
3. There are 7 balloons. 4 are red and 3 are blue. What fraction of the balloons are blue?
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