Lesson: Making a Whole Mathematics • 3rd Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to find the whole given a fraction of the whole, write fractions describing a whole, and compose and decompose a whole into fractions with the same denominator.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

write one whole as a fraction,
explain how to write one whole as a fraction,
combine fractions with the same denominator to make one whole,
find the whole given a fraction of the whole,
decompose a whole into fractions with the same denominator.

Lesson Playlist

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Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

Consider the shape shown.

This circle is split into equal parts.

Each part is one- of the circle.

Q2:

Fill in the blank: 1 whole ninths.

Q3:

How many ninths are there in one whole?