Free sample activity · Grades 3–5
Fractions Practice
Use this activity after learners have worked with equal parts and fraction models. It focuses on familiar fractions, not a timed test or an introduction to every fraction operation.
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How to use this activity
Allow about five minutes. Draw fraction bars or use counters as needed. Each comparison assumes the same-sized whole; explain your reasoning before checking the answer.
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A ribbon is divided into 4 equal parts. Maya colors 3 parts. What fraction is colored?
The denominator counts all four equal parts of the whole. The numerator counts the three colored parts, so the fraction is 3/4.
Which fraction is equivalent to 2/3?
Multiplying both numerator and denominator by two gives 4/6. The parts become smaller, but the amount represented stays the same.
Which comparison is true for fractions of the same whole?
Both fractions count eighths. Five eighths contains two more eighths than three eighths, so 3/8 is less than 5/8.
Which is larger: 1/4 or 1/8 of the same-sized pizza?
Cutting a whole into four equal parts makes larger pieces than cutting it into eight. One quarter is therefore larger than one eighth.
What is 1/6 + 2/6?
One sixth plus two sixths makes three sixths. Keep the denominator because the size of the equal parts has not changed.
What is 1/4 of 12 counters?
Share twelve counters into four equal groups. Each group has three counters, so one quarter of twelve is three.
Practice complete
Draw two models showing why 2/3 and 4/6 are equivalent. Explain what changes and what stays the same.
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Equal parts
A ribbon is divided into 4 equal parts. Maya colors 3 parts. What fraction is colored?
Answer: 3/4
The denominator counts all four equal parts of the whole. The numerator counts the three colored parts, so the fraction is 3/4.
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Equivalent fractions
Which fraction is equivalent to 2/3?
Answer: 4/6
Multiplying both numerator and denominator by two gives 4/6. The parts become smaller, but the amount represented stays the same.
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Like denominators
Which comparison is true for fractions of the same whole?
Answer: 3/8 < 5/8
Both fractions count eighths. Five eighths contains two more eighths than three eighths, so 3/8 is less than 5/8.
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Unit fractions
Which is larger: 1/4 or 1/8 of the same-sized pizza?
Answer: 1/4
Cutting a whole into four equal parts makes larger pieces than cutting it into eight. One quarter is therefore larger than one eighth.
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Adding equal parts
What is 1/6 + 2/6?
Answer: 3/6
One sixth plus two sixths makes three sixths. Keep the denominator because the size of the equal parts has not changed.
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Fraction of a group
What is 1/4 of 12 counters?
Answer: 3 counters
Share twelve counters into four equal groups. Each group has three counters, so one quarter of twelve is three.
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Draw two models showing why 2/3 and 4/6 are equivalent. Explain what changes and what stays the same.
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