Number and Number Sense

Virginia SOL 2.NS.3

Use mathematical reasoning and justification to solve contextual problems involving partitioning models into equal-sized parts.

What students need to be able to do

  • Model and describe fractions as representing equal-size parts of a whole.
  • Describe the relationship between the number of fractional parts needed to make a whole and the size of the parts.
  • Compose the whole for a given fractional part and its value for halves, fourths, eighths, thirds, and sixths.
  • Count by unit fractions up to two wholes using same-size fraction pieces from a region/area model.
  • Represent, name, and write fractional parts of a whole for halves, fourths, eighths, thirds, and sixths using region/area models.
  • Represent, name, and write fractional parts of a whole for halves, fourths, eighths, thirds, and sixths using length models.
  • Represent, name, and write fractional parts of a whole for halves, fourths, eighths, thirds, and sixths using set models.
  • Compare unit fractions for halves, fourths, eighths, thirds, and sixths using words and symbols with region/area and length models.