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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets

3rd Grade Understanding Fractions: name and shade unit fractions and split shapes into equal parts. Every worksheet is free, prints as a PDF with an answer key, and can be assigned online. The ones teachers open most are first.

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Writing Fractions worksheet

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Writing Fractions

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Student objectives

Look at a picture model and write the fraction it shows.
Identify the numerator and denominator in a fraction.
Match a shaded part of a whole to the correct fraction notation.

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Identifying Fractions worksheet

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Identifying Fractions

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Match a written fraction to a picture that shows the same amount shaded.
Tell how many equal parts the whole is split into and how many parts are shaded.
Notice when pictures show different-sized parts and choose only models with equal parts.

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Identifying Partitioned Shapes worksheet

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Identifying Partitioned Shapes

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Student objectives

Decide whether a shape has been split into equal-size parts.
Tell the difference between equal partitions and uneven partitions in pictures.
Connect a partitioned shape to the idea of a fraction as equal parts of one whole.
Explain why a partition is not correct when the pieces are different sizes.

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Expressing Fractions Numerically worksheet

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Expressing Fractions Numerically

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Student objectives

Write the shaded part of a picture as a fraction using a numerator and denominator.
Count equal parts in a shape to figure out the denominator.
Count shaded parts to figure out the numerator.
Match a visual fraction model to the correct numeric fraction notation.

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Fraction of Whole Visual worksheet

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Fraction of Whole Visual

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Student objectives

Explain a fraction as “part of a whole set,” using the numerator as the count shown and the denominator as the total.

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Partitioning Shapes worksheet

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Partitioning Shapes

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Student objectives

Split a shape into equal-size parts and explain that each part is the same area.
Spot when parts are not equal and know that they do not make fair fractions.

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Determining Fraction - Visual worksheet

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Determining Fraction - Visual

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Student objectives

Match a shaded picture or model to the fraction it shows.
Count equal parts to figure out the denominator and count shaded parts to figure out the numerator.
Recognize the same fraction shown with different shapes or layouts (like bars, circles, or grids).

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Shading Fractions on a Fraction Bar worksheet

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Shading Fractions on a Fraction Bar

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Student objectives

Shade the correct number of parts on a bar to match a fraction
Understand that the bottom number tells how many equal parts the whole is split into
Understand that the top number tells how many parts to color
Connect a written fraction to its picture

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Shading and Naming Fractions
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Shading and Naming Fractions

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Student objectives

Shade a given number of equal parts on a fraction bar
Count the equal parts in the whole to find the denominator
Write the fraction that is shaded, such as 3/8 or 5/10
Understand that the numerator counts the shaded parts while the denominator counts every part

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Fractions of a Whole
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Fractions of a Whole

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Student objectives

Name the fraction of a whole that is left after some equal pieces are removed
Count the missing pieces in a picture to name the fraction that was eaten
Use the total number of equal pieces as the denominator
Recognize the same fraction idea in round wholes and in rectangular wholes

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Matching a Diagram to a Fraction Equation worksheet

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Matching a Diagram to a Fraction Equation

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Student objectives

Read a shaded diagram and figure out what fraction it shows
Match a picture of a fraction to the correct fraction equation
Understand that the top number counts shaded parts and the bottom number counts total parts
Compare several fractions to find the one that fits the picture

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Decomposing Fractions into Sums with Like Denominators worksheet

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Decomposing Fractions into Sums with Like Denominators

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Student objectives

Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator.
Find a missing part when a fraction is written as a sum of smaller fractions.
Understand that the numerators of the parts add up to the numerator of the whole.

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3rd Grade Understanding Fractions Worksheets - Combining Parts of a Whole (Word) worksheet

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Combining Parts of a Whole (Word)

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Student objectives

Practice adding fractions that share the same denominator
Understand how parts combine to make a whole
Read word problems and figure out which fractions to add
Recognize when combined parts equal one whole

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More 3rd grade topics

Multiplication & Division Facts 59 Equivalent & Comparing Fractions 16 Understanding Multiplication & Division 14 Area 10 Telling Time & Elapsed Time 24 Bar Graphs & Line Plots 14 Two-Step Word Problems 10 Adding & Subtracting Within 1,000 10 Rounding & Estimating 8 Fractions on a Number Line 5 Properties of Multiplication 13 Perimeter 7 Multiplying by Multiples of 10 3 Shapes & Polygons 5 Liquid Volume & Mass 4 Patterns & Function Machines 5

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