standard_description: Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Find the value of each of the following.
a.
$${{1\over4}}$$
of
$${{12}}$$
b.
$${{3\over4}}$$
of
$${{12}}$$
Problem 2
There are 21 students in the chess club.
$$2\over3$$
of them are girls. How many girls are in the chess club?


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