Unit fractions of a whole

Problem types

• Size of one equal part
• Count fractional units
• Two figures that each show one fourth

Builds on

• Halves, thirds, and quarters
• Telling time to the half-hour · Earlier idea

  A half hour is one of two equal parts of an hour, and a quarter hour is one of four equal parts, so the clock shows unit fractions.

Leads to

• Line plots with fractional lengths
• Fractions shown by a model
• Fractions on a number line
• Fractions of an area
• A fraction times a whole number
• Adding and subtracting like fractions
• A fraction as division

Related skills

None listed.