Using models to name fractions greater than 1 (3rd and 4th grade)

You can't learn by watching. Get some paper and try the problems. Pause and check.

If you say it enough times, it should become part of your thought process. The denominator of a fraction can represent different things depending on the question. In *this* example with models, we'll focus on knowing how to name the denominator by the size of the part, and the numerator is how many of those parts we have.

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