Support students in learning to write fractions with this Grade 3 worksheet.
Includes clear visuals, numerator and denominator practice, and engaging questions. Perfect for classroom lessons, homework, or independent math practice.
Writing Fractions Practice — Name That Fraction
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Try these before or after you print the worksheet. Count the equal parts in the whole shape for the bottom number, then count how many are shaded for the top. The shapes below are drawn fresh, so you can use them alongside the printable rather than instead of it.
Question 1
What fraction of this shape is shaded?
3/5. Five equal parts, three of them shaded. The bottom number is how many parts the whole is cut into, the top is how many you have. 2/5 is the part that is not shaded.
Question 2
What fraction of this circle is shaded?
2/6. Six equal slices, two shaded. 4/6 counts the unshaded ones, and 2/4 forgets that the whole circle is six slices, not four.
Question 3
What fraction of this grid is shaded?
5/8. Count every square in the whole grid for the bottom number — eight — and the shaded ones for the top. 3/8 is the unshaded share.
Question 4 — select all that apply
Select every fraction that means half the shape is shaded, then press Check.
1/2, 3/6 and 4/8. In each one the top number is exactly half the bottom, so half the parts are shaded however many parts there are.
Question 5 — put them in order
Click these in order, from the least shaded to the most shaded.
1/8 < 1/4 < 1/2 < 3/4. When the top number is 1, more parts means smaller parts — so 1/8 is the least even though 8 is the biggest number there.
Question 6 — spot the mistake
A student looks at this shape and writes 1/2, because one part is shaded and two are not. What went wrong?
The bottom number counts every equal part in the whole shape, shaded or not — here that is three. Comparing shaded to unshaded instead of shaded to the whole is the commonest mistake on this kind of sheet.
Question 7
To write a fraction for a shape, what has to be true of its parts?
They must be equal. A shape cut into three unequal pieces with one shaded is not 1/3 of it — the word third only means something when the pieces match.
Think about it
In 3/5, what does the 5 tell you and what does the 3 tell you?
If 3/5 of a shape is shaded, what fraction is not shaded? How do the two add up?
1/2, 3/6 and 4/8 all shade half the shape. What stays the same and what changes?
Could you shade 1/3 of a shape that has been cut into four pieces? Why not?