3rd Grade Math Centers

Equivalent Fractions Exploration

Materials: fraction strips

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1. 
   

   Use your fraction strips. Line up each of the fraction strips in turn under the one
   whole strip. How many different fractions can you find that are equivalent to
   one whole? Sketch and label the equivalent strips. Name the equivalent fraction.

   
   


2. 
   

   Next, line up each of the fraction strips in turn under a one half strip. How many
   different fractions can you find that are equivalent to one half? Sketch and label
   the equivalent strips. Name the equivalent fraction.

   
   


3. 
   

   What patterns do you notice in the numerators and denominators of fractions that
   are equivalent to one half? Explain.

   
   

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