Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Strip diagram & set model

3/4 Grade 3

1 whole 14141414 34 a fraction of a SET works exactly the same way 8 counters shared into 4 equal groups 34of8=6

How this one works

How

split the strip; or the group of objects; into 4 equal parts, then take 3.

Best when

the problem is about sharing something out.

seen one of these on a test? See it on a real question: TEKS 4.3D, comparing two fractions, or TEKS 4.2G, decimals and fractions that mean the same thing.

The same problem, other ways