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Maths · Grade 3 · Set B
Parts shaded, parts counted
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Remember: The bottom number counts all the equal parts. The top number counts the parts you take.

What fraction is shaded?

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What fraction of the circle is shaded?
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Pip paints part of a bar. What fraction is painted?
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What fraction of the square is shaded?
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Zoe colors part of a ribbon. What fraction is colored?
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A pizza has 8 equal slices. Max eats 6. What fraction did Max eat?
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Which circle shows 2/3 shaded?
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B
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A pizza has 6 equal slices. Max ate 2. He ate 2/6 of the pizza.
TrueFalse

Count all the parts

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The fraction is 2/4, because 2 parts are shaded and 4 parts are plain.
TrueFalse
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Every part of the bar is shaded. What fraction is it?
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Join each fraction in words to the fraction in numbers.
  1. 1one fourth
  2. 2two thirds
  3. 3five sixths
  4. 4seven eighths
  • A7/8
  • B1/4
  • C5/6
  • D2/3
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What fraction of the bar is NOT shaded?
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Shade 5/8 of the bar.
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Write what the top number and the bottom number tell about this bar.
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Answer key · Set B
Parts shaded, parts counted
15/6 The circle has 6 equal parts and 5 are shaded: 5/6.
27/8 8 equal parts, 7 painted: 7/8.
32/4 The square has 4 equal parts and 2 are shaded: 2/4. This is the same amount as 1/2.
41/3 3 equal parts, 1 colored: 1/3.
56/8 Max ate 6 of the 8 equal slices: 6/8. This is the same amount as 3/4.
6C 2/3 means 3 equal parts with 2 shaded. A has 4 parts and B has only 1 shaded.
7True Max ate 2 of the 6 equal slices: 2/6.
8False The bottom number counts all the equal parts, shaded or plain. There are 6, so the fraction is 2/6.
94/4 All 4 of the 4 equal parts are shaded: 4/4, which is one whole.
101-B, 2-D, 3-C, 4-A
115/8 The bar has 8 equal parts and 3 are shaded. The other 5 are not: 5/8.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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