MATHEMATICS REVIEWER
FOR 3RD GRADE
NUMBERS AND OPERATION is a common core content. Common core content means it touches K-12 students.
The State expected 3rd grade student to master and understand the concept to express fraction as fair sharing, or parts of a whole. Share pizza equally means fair sharing, same cut size of pizza.
The concept of fraction or fair sharing can be associated to division knowledge that the students already master. This will help them to see that their previous acquired knowledge in division is needed to solve real world problem. For example equal sharing of pizza.
Students are expected to express fraction as fair sharing, or parts of a whole.
Share pizza equally means fair sharing, same cut size of pizza. How many equal share will be cut? 1-for Gloria and 3 - for her friends. So the total equal share will be 4.
Now cut the pizza into 4 equal share. Which fraction shows the portion of the pizza each person will receive?
ANSWER : A = 1/4