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This page shows questions in the Math 3 Number and Operations - Fractions public release module at MSDE. 3rd Grade Math
"Math 3 Number and Operations - Fractions"

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This is a question with 2 parts, including a fill in the blank question that allows you to enter only numbers.

What fraction is represented by the point on the number line?

The figure shows a number line with seven evenly spaced tick marks. From left to right, the first tick mark is labeled 0, and the seventh tick mark is labeled 1. A point is graphed on the second tick mark from the left, which is one tick mark to the right of 0 and five tick marks to the left of 1.

Enter your answer as a fraction in the spaces provided.

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This is a question with 2 parts, including a fill in the blank question that allows you to enter only numbers.

A student divided a sheet of paper into sections of equal size.

The student drew flowers on some of the sections as shown.

The figure shows a rectangle divided into eight equal sections. Three sections have flowers drawn in them, and five sections are blank.

On what fraction of the sections of paper did the student draw flowers?

Enter your answer as a fraction in the spaces provided.

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This is a multiple choice question that allows you to select several options.

Which two number lines show points that represent equivalent fractions?

Select the two correct answers.

  1. A.
    The figure shows a number line with 8 evenly spaced tick marks. From left to right, 0 is labeled at the first tick mark, 1 is labeled at the third tick mark, and a point is graphed on the seventh tick mark.
  2. B.
    The figure shows a number line with 11 evenly spaced tick marks. From left to right, 0 is labeled at the first tick mark, 1 is labeled at the fourth tick mark, and a point is graphed on the fourth tick mark.
  3. C.
    The figure shows a number line with 14 evenly spaced tick marks. From left to right, 0 is labeled at the first tick mark, 1 is labeled at the fifth tick mark, and a point is graphed on the thirteenth tick mark.
  4. D.
    The figure shows a number line with twenty seven evenly spaced tick marks. From left to right, 0 is labeled at the first tick mark, a point is graphed on the seventh tick mark, and 1 is labeled at the ninth tick mark.
  5. E.
    The figure shows a number line with 20 evenly spaced tick marks. From left to right, 0 is labeled at the first tick mark, 1 is labeled at the seventh tick mark, and a point is graphed on the thirteenth tick mark.
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This is a multiple choice question that allows you to select only one option.

Which comparison is true?

Select one answer.

  1. A.
    12<13
  2. B.
    23>24
  3. C.
    36<16
  4. D.
    48>58

This is a multiple choice question that allows you to select several options.

In which three figures does the shaded part represent 12 of the figure?

Select the three correct answers.

  1. A.
    The figure shows a rectangle that has been divided into four equal sections. Two sections are shay did, and two sections are unshay did.
  2. B.
    The figure shows a rectangle that has been divided into eight equal sections. Four sections are shay did, and four sections are unshay did.
  3. C.
    The figure shows a rectangle that has been divided into four unequal sections. There are two small sections of the same size, and there are two large sections of the same size. The two small sections are shay did, and the two large sections are unshay did.
  4. D.
    The figure shows a rectangle that has been divided into six equal sections. Three sections are shay did, and three sections are unshay did.
  5. E.
    The figure shows a rectangle that has been divided into three equal sections. Two sections are shay did, and one section is unshay did.

This is a question with 2 parts, including a fill in the blank question that allows you to enter only numbers.

Point W represents a fraction on the number line.

The figure shows a number line with, from left to right, the numbers 0 and 1. Two tick marks are shown between the numbers 0 and 1. Point W is located at the second tick mark between the numbers 0 and 1.

Enter a fraction that is represented by point W .

Enter your answer as a fraction in the spaces provided.

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This is a fill in the blank question that allows you to enter only numbers.

Byron will write a fraction that is equivalent to 1. The denominator is 2.

The figure shows the math equation, 1 equals the fraction, blank, over 2.

What number will Byron use in the numerator to write the fraction?

Enter your answer in the space provided.