Curriculum placement
Grade 3. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.
Fractions of an area
Relate equal-area partitions to fractions of a whole
Problem types
- An equal-area part as a fraction
- Area of one equal part
Builds on
Leads to
- Multiplying fractions · Extend the idea
Cutting a region into equal parts and taking some of them models a fraction of a fraction, which is a product.
- Probability of one event · See it applied
The probability of landing in a region is the fraction of the total area that the region covers.
- Arc length and sector area · Extend the idea
Dividing a region into equal-area parts extends to a sector that is a fraction of a whole circle.
Related skills
- Area and perimeter problems · Shared foundations
- A fraction as division · Shared foundations
- Line plots with fractional lengths · Shared foundations
- Fractions shown by a model · Shared foundations
- A fraction times a whole number · Shared foundations
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