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Write the Fraction Shown on the Strip

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

"Write the Fraction Shown on the Strip" is written for 3rd Grade (Ages 8-9), and it covers Common Core 3.NF.A.1. If your little one is a year younger but already steady on fractions and decimals, the page still works. You may just need to read the instructions out loud. And if they are older and fraction strips never quite stuck, this is a short review rather than busywork.

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Write the Fraction Shown on the Strip
Write the Fraction Shown on the Strip

3rd grade math worksheet: count the shaded parts on 8 fraction strips and write fractions such as 3/4, 5/8 and 2/3. Answer key included. Part of our fraction strips fractions and decimals collection. Aligned to Common Core standards.

How do I use this worksheet?

Start with Label Each Part of a Fraction Strip so your child sees that every part is a unit fraction. Then shade and write fractions, and save the fraction wall and word problem pages for last.

What students will practice

  • Students will count the shaded parts and all the parts on 8 fraction strips.
  • Students will write fractions such as 3/4, 5/8 and 2/3.
  • Students will read fractions from strips cut into halves to eighths.


Curriculum Links

Common Core State Standards

Number and Operations-Fractions · 3rd Grade

3.NF.A.1

Standard: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.

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FAQ

How do I use this fraction strips worksheet?

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Start with Label Each Part of a Fraction Strip so your child sees that every part is a unit fraction. Then shade and write fractions, and save the fraction wall and word problem pages for last.

What does this worksheet teach?

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Count the shaded parts on 8 fraction strips and write fractions such as 3/4, 5/8 and 2/3. A fraction strip shows one whole cut into equal parts. The numerator counts shaded parts, and the denominator counts all the parts. The directions on the page read: Count the shaded parts and all the equal parts in each strip. Then, write the fraction shaded in the boxes. An answer key is included.

Can I use this fraction strips worksheet for homeschool or classroom?

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Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade fractions and decimals, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with fraction strips. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

What is a fraction strip?

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A fraction strip is a bar that stands for one whole, cut into equal parts. A strip cut into 4 parts shows fourths, and each part is 1/4.

What is a fraction wall?

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A fraction wall stacks strips of the same whole, from 1 whole at the top down to eighths. Build a Fraction Wall has children fill one in, and Use a Fraction Wall to Compare uses it to compare pairs such as 5/6 and 5/8.

How do fraction strips show equal fractions?

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Two fractions are equal when their shaded parts are the same length on strips of the same whole. On Find Equal Fractions on Fraction Strips, 1/2 lines up with 2/4 and 3/4 with 6/8.

Is there an answer key?

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Yes. All 10 fraction strips sheets have an answer key.

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Worksheet Details

Grade3rd Grade
SubjectMath
TopicFractions And Decimals
Standard3.NF.A.1
Pages1 page
DifficultyMedium

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