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4.NF.3.b (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 4.NF.3.b
Content Area: Mathematics
Grade: 4
Domain: Number and Operations—Fractions

Cluster:
Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.

Standard:
Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify decompositions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. Examples: 3/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 ; 3/8 = 1/8 + 2/8 ; 2 1/8 = 1 + 1 + 1/8 = 8/8 + 8/8 + 1/8.

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