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🍕 3rd grade math · Fractions & Decimals

Whole numbers as fractions

4/4 is all four parts, which is 1 whole. 6/2 is six halves, which is 3 wholes.

Worked example

5/5 = ?
Answer: 1
A whole cut into 5 equal parts has 5 parts. 5 of them make the whole: 5/5 = 1. Answer: 1.

For grown-ups: Whole numbers as fractions (3 = 3/1; 4/4 = 1). Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 3.NF.A.3c
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Practices whole numbers as fractions (3 = 3/1; 4/4 = 1) (3.NF.A.3c). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. 4/4 = ?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 1
    A whole cut into 4 equal parts has 4 parts. 4 of them make the whole: 4/4 = 1. Answer: 1.
  2. 8/8 = ?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 1
    8 pieces of size 1/8 make 1 wholes, because 8 ÷ 8 = 1. Answer: 1.
  3. 4 = ?/1
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 4
    Any whole number is that many wholes over 1: 4 = 4/1. Answer: 4.

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Whole numbers as fractions (3rd grade)

  1. 15/5 = ?
  2. 3/3 = ?
  3. 5/5 = ?
  4. 9/3 = ?
  5. 18/6 = ?
  6. 1 = ?/1
  7. How many thirds make 2 wholes?
  8. 4 = ?/1
  9. How many thirds make 2 wholes?
  10. 2 = ?/1
  11. 7/7 = ?
  12. How many eighths make 3 wholes?

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 3
  5. 3
  6. 1
  7. 6
  8. 4
  9. 6
  10. 2
  11. 1
  12. 24

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