Practice recognizing, naming, and comparing unit fractions with halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths.
Read each problem carefully. Write the unit fraction for one equal part. Show your thinking in the space provided.
Naming one equal part of a whole
Math - Grade 2-3
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A sandwich is cut into 2 equal pieces. You eat 1 piece. What unit fraction of the sandwich did you eat?
- 2
A rectangle is divided into 3 equal parts. One part is shaded. Write the unit fraction that shows the shaded part.
- 3
A pie is cut into 4 equal slices. What fraction names one slice?
- 4
A granola bar is divided into 6 equal sections. Mia breaks off 1 section. What unit fraction of the bar did Mia break off?
- 5
A paper strip is divided into 8 equal parts. One part is colored blue. Write the fraction for the blue part.
- 6
Fill in the blank: In the fraction 1/4, the 4 tells how many equal parts are in the whole. The whole has blank equal parts.
- 7
Fill in the blank: One equal part of a whole divided into 3 equal parts is called blank.
- 8
Which unit fraction is larger: 1/2 or 1/8? Explain how you know.
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Which unit fraction is smaller: 1/3 or 1/6? Explain how you know.
- 10
Look at a circle divided into 6 equal slices. If 1 slice is shaded, what unit fraction is shaded?
- 11
A square is split into 4 equal smaller squares. One smaller square is shaded. What fraction of the large square is shaded?
- 12
Order these unit fractions from largest to smallest: 1/2, 1/4, 1/8.
- 13
Order these unit fractions from smallest to largest: 1/3, 1/6, 1/2.
- 14
A ribbon is cut into 8 equal pieces. Sam uses 1 piece. Lee says Sam used 1/6 of the ribbon. Is Lee correct? Explain.
- 15
Draw or describe a shape that shows 1/3. Make sure the parts are equal.