Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Equivalent fractions

3/4 Grades 3–4

same-size wholes, cut two different ways 34 68 both shadings stop at the same place: same portion 3468 01 one point on the line, two names for it: same number

How this one works

How

draw the same-size whole twice, cut it two ways, and see if the shading matches.

Best when

you need two fractions to have the same size pieces.

seen one of these on a test? See it on a real question: TEKS 4.3D, comparing two fractions, or TEKS 4.2G, decimals and fractions that mean the same thing.

The same problem, other ways