Instructions for Pupils
For this activity, you will practice identifying fractions of a whole. The whole will be your name! To begin, click . Part 1: Use the tool to type your name. Part 2: Use the tool to neatly partition and label the strip into the number of letters in your name. USE fraction form. Part 3: Use the tool to neatly partition and label the number line into the number of letters in your name. USE fraction form. Part 4: Use the tool to answer the questions using the different parts of your name. If you finish your first name, try your middle or last on the last pages. When you are finished, click to submit.
This activity can be broken into 3 different activities. A teaching tip may be to complete one of the pages as a whole class, then allow students to do the other pages independently. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.1 Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.2 Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.