Curriculum placement
Grade 3. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.
Recognizing equivalent fractions
Recognize and justify equivalent fractions
Problem types
- Rename a whole in fractional units
Builds on
Leads to
- Comparing fractions
- Generating equivalent fractions
- Percent of a number · See it applied
A fraction is renamed as a percent by finding an equivalent fraction with denominator 100.
Related skills
- Telling time to the half-hour · Related idea
One half hour and two quarter hours are the same 30 minutes, so 1/2 equals 2/4 of an hour.
- Dividing with unit fractions · Related idea
Finding how many fourths fit in 1 uses equivalent fractions: 1 equals 4/4, so there are 4 fourths.
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