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3.NF.2.a (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 3.NF.2.a
Content Area: Mathematics
Grade: 3
Domain: Number and Operations—Fractions

Cluster:
Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.

Standard:
Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. 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.

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