Equivalent FractionsDifferent numbers, exactly the same amount.3rd GradeMultiply or divide the top and bottom by the samenumber and the value does not change.1/2 = 2/4 = 3/6 = 4/81/2 × 2/22/4You multiplied by 1 in disguise, so nothing really changed.1/3 × 3/33/9Three times as many pieces, three times as many taken.6/8 ÷ 2/23/4Dividing both is how you simplify.10/20 ÷ 10/101/2Divide by the biggest number that goes into both.THE COMMON MISTAKE1/2 = 2/3 (add 1 to each)1/2 = 2/4 (multiply each by 2)Adding changes the ratio. Only multiplying and dividing keep it.Simplest form means no number except 1 divides into both.Equivalent Fractionslearnposters.com
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What’s on the Equivalent Fractions poster

The rule, 4 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.

Simplest form means no number except 1 divides into both.

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What’s on the Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) poster?
The rule, 4 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Multiply or divide the top and bottom by the same number and the value does not change.; 1/2 = 2/4 = 3/6 = 4/8; 1/2 × 2/2 = 2/4; 1/3 × 3/3 = 3/9; 6/8 ÷ 2/2 = 3/4; 10/20 ÷ 10/10 = 1/2; Common mistake: 1/2 = 2/3 (add 1 to each) → 1/2 = 2/4 (multiply each by 2). Simplest form means no number except 1 divides into both.
Who is the Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) poster for?
Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) is filed under 3rd Grade (ages 8–9), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) poster?
Line up the fraction wall and look straight down. Anything that lines up is equivalent. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade)?
Right, Acute, Obtuse, Area and Perimeter and Which Operation? sit alongside Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) in the 3rd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Right, Acute, ObtuseArea and PerimeterWhich Operation?
Is the Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) poster free to download and print?
Yes. Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 3rd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) poster print at?
Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Equivalent Fractions (3rd Grade) loses nothing.Printing guide

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