Math Practice 101
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Grade 3 Go Math Practice - Answer Keys
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Fractions Greater Than One

Essential Question When might you use a fraction greater than 1 or a mixed number?

UNLOCK the Problem

  • Question 1 (request help)

    Troy uses \(\frac{1}{4}\) of a box of clay to make one model of a car. How many boxes of clay does he use to make 5 model cars?

     Make a model.

    • Draw squares divided into fourths to show the boxes of clay. Shade \(\frac{1}{4}\) for amount of clay Troy uses for each of the 5 models cars.
    • Count the number of shaded parts.

    Think: \(\frac{4}{4} = 1\)
    One whole and one fourth are shaded.
    Write: \(1\frac{1}{4}\)
  • There are     shaded parts.

 

  • Question 2 (request help)

    Write the fraction.
  •     shaded parts.
        parts in the whole

The number \(\frac{5}{4}\) is a fraction greater than 1. A fraction greater than 1 can be written as a mixed number. A mixed number has a whole number and a fraction.

So, Troy uses \(\frac{5}{4}\) or \(1\frac{1}{4}\) boxes of clay to make 5 model cars.

  • Question 3 (request help)

    Why are \(\frac{5}{4}\) and  \(1\frac{1}{4}\) equal?
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