Stage 3 · Fractions & Decimals

3.1.4 Fractions Built from Pieces: Unit Fractions and Stacking Up

3.1 Fractions Arrive: Cutting a Whole into Equal Parts

Point 4 of 5

3.1.4 Fractions Built from Pieces: Unit Fractions and Stacking Up

Core idea

1/4 is one piece, so three pieces is three of those 1/4s, which makes 3/4 — every fraction is built up from unit fractions.

Module goal. Let fractions grow out of the picture of "sharing fairly," understand that a fraction names "part of a whole," and learn to read, write, and place them on the number line.
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