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Grade 3 Math · World 6: Fraction Forest · Level 55
Fractions Greater Than One
Show 5/4 and wholes as fractions: 4/4 = 1, 3/1 = 3.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 55
- Fractions can be more than one whole. Each circle is one whole, cut into 4 parts. 5 parts are shaded: 5/4.
- 4/4 is one whole. 8/4 is two wholes.
- Whole numbers can be fractions too: 3 is 3/1, three wholes each in 1 part.
- On the number line, 5/4 is past 1.
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:
- 3.NR.4.3 — Represent fractions, including fractions greater than one, in multiple ways.