New York State Learning Standards and Core Curriculum
NY-3.NF. Number & Operations – Fractions
Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.
NY-3.NF.1. Understand a unit fraction, 1/b, is the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts. Understand a fraction a/b is the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
NY-3.G. Geometry
Reason with shapes and their attributes.
NY-3.G.2. Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.