Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel
Chapter 9 - Grade 3
Section CLXXI-905 - Number and Operations-Fractions

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CLXXI-905

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Understand a fraction 1/b, with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8, as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.

B. Understand a fraction with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 as a number on a number line diagram.

1. Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line.

2. Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line.

C. Explain equivalence of fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.

1. Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.

2. Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2=2/4, 4/6=2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

3. Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers.

Examples: Express 3 in the form 3=3/1; recognize that 6/1=6; locate 4/4 and 1 at the same point of a number line diagram.

4. Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols [GREATER THAN], =, or [LESS THAN], and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6, R.S. 17:24.4, and R.S. 17:154.

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