3 3.NF.A.1 Grade 3 · Number and Operations — Fractions

3.NF.A.1: A fraction is pieces of one whole cut into equal parts

Understand a fraction 1∕b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole (a single unit) is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a ∕b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1 ∕b.Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, as adopted in the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics (2017), Grade 3.

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A fraction is a piece of something you can see — a strip, a block, a share. Equal parts are drawn before they are named.

Every page is free and open — nothing to install, no account, and it works on a phone or a classroom board. Every number has its own color: 1 red, 2 orange, 3 yellow, 4 green, 5 blue, 6 purple, 7 brown, 8 pink, 9 cyan, and a number is that many colored dots.

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ColorMyMath · getridoftheteacher.com · every number has its own color, and a number is that many colored dots. Matching a game to a standard is a judgement call; the official text is at doe.mass.edu.