Grade 3 Fractions Worksheets, Equal Parts and Number Lines

Start with two strips. Can you pick the one that does have equal parts? This simple choice will be helpful at the very beginning of reading a fraction. The initial pages will allow students to evaluate partitions, to define one equal share, and to name the shaded part. A common story about a flatbread helps to give numbers the familiar meaning before using them on a number line.

In number-line pages, students count equal spaces from zero, mark a point, and find an assigned fraction. Some points are beyond one whole, which means that the number line has enough space for nine eighths, and other big fractions. The final set of worksheets provides connections between the marks on the number line and shaded strips, equivalent fractions, and comparisons with the same numerator or denominator.

For a discussion, take two strips of the same size and shade one third on one and one sixth on another. Let the learner explain why the strip with more partitions has smaller individual partitions. Then work on one page from the relevant skill group. The answer key will provide an opportunity to check the number and to discuss the explanation.

The Grade 3 resource includes