Grade 3 Fractions Timed Drill
Grade 3 fractions timed drill sheet: 72 problems on naming fractions of a whole, comparing fractions with the same denominator, unit fractions on a number line.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Start the timer, then solve as many problems as you can. Write your time in the box when you finish.
- 1.A bar is cut into 4 equal parts and 3 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 2.3/5 ___ 1/5
- 3.Count 1 jumps of 1/3 from 0. Where do you land?
- 4.A square is cut into 2 equal parts and 1 part is shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 5.1/5 ___ 4/5
- 6.Count 2 jumps of 1/2 from 0. Where do you land?
- 7.A circle is cut into 8 equal parts and 4 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 8.2/4 ___ 2/4
- 9.Count 1 jumps of 1/2 from 0. Where do you land?
- 10.A bar is cut into 6 equal parts and 3 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 11.1/2 ___ 1/2
- 12.Count 3 jumps of 1/3 from 0. Where do you land?
- 13.A square is cut into 4 equal parts and 1 part is shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 14.2/8 ___ 1/8
- 15.Count 1 jumps of 1/4 from 0. Where do you land?
- 16.A bar is cut into 2 equal parts and 1 part is shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 17.1/4 ___ 1/4
- 18.Count 1 jumps of 1/8 from 0. Where do you land?
- 19.A bar is cut into 3 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 20.5/12 ___ 1/12
- 21.Count 1 jumps of 1/6 from 0. Where do you land?
- 22.A bar is cut into 4 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 23.3/4 ___ 2/4
- 24.Count 4 jumps of 1/4 from 0. Where do you land?
- 25.A circle is cut into 4 equal parts and 3 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 26.4/8 ___ 7/8
- 27.Count 3 jumps of 1/6 from 0. Where do you land?
- 28.A circle is cut into 8 equal parts and 3 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 29.1/4 ___ 3/4
- 30.Count 7 jumps of 1/8 from 0. Where do you land?
- 31.A rectangle is cut into 3 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 32.3/4 ___ 1/4
- 33.Count 5 jumps of 1/8 from 0. Where do you land?
- 34.A square is cut into 8 equal parts and 3 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 35.4/12 ___ 1/12
- 36.Count 3 jumps of 1/8 from 0. Where do you land?
- 37.A circle is cut into 8 equal parts and 1 part is shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 38.1/4 ___ 2/4
- 39.Count 2 jumps of 1/3 from 0. Where do you land?
- 40.A rectangle is cut into 4 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 41.4/8 ___ 5/8
- 42.Count 4 jumps of 1/6 from 0. Where do you land?
- 43.A bar is cut into 6 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 44.5/6 ___ 3/6
- 45.Count 5 jumps of 1/6 from 0. Where do you land?
- 46.A circle is cut into 2 equal parts and 1 part is shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 47.2/12 ___ 9/12
- 48.Count 6 jumps of 1/8 from 0. Where do you land?
- 49.A rectangle is cut into 6 equal parts and 1 part is shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 50.7/8 ___ 7/8
- 51.Count 4 jumps of 1/8 from 0. Where do you land?
- 52.A square is cut into 6 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 53.2/4 ___ 1/4
- 54.Count 2 jumps of 1/4 from 0. Where do you land?
- 55.A square is cut into 6 equal parts and 3 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 56.2/10 ___ 6/10
- 57.Count 2 jumps of 1/6 from 0. Where do you land?
- 58.A circle is cut into 3 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 59.7/10 ___ 3/10
- 60.Count 3 jumps of 1/4 from 0. Where do you land?
- 61.A circle is cut into 8 equal parts and 6 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 62.2/3 ___ 1/3
- 63.Count 6 jumps of 1/6 from 0. Where do you land?
- 64.A bar is cut into 6 equal parts and 1 part is shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 65.2/5 ___ 2/5
- 66.A bar is cut into 3 equal parts and 1 part is shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 67.A square is cut into 6 equal parts and 5 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 68.4/5 ___ 4/5
- 69.A square is cut into 8 equal parts and 7 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 70.A square is cut into 8 equal parts and 6 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
- 71.2/3 ___ 2/3
- 72.A bar is cut into 8 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded. What fraction is shaded?
What this worksheet covers
Set A of this grade 3 timed drill sheet holds 72 fractions problems on one printable page, with the answer key on the page behind it. What makes this set particular: the problems are written as situations that have to be translated before they can be calculated and several problems use mixed numbers, which have to be handled without dropping the whole-number part. Two problems from the middle of the page — "A circle is cut into 4 equal parts and 3 parts are shaded.…" and "A rectangle is cut into 6 equal parts and 1 part is shaded.…" — show the range. It is written against Common Core 3.NF.1 — Number & Operations—Fractions, grade 3.
Skills practised
At grade 3, fractions is about naming fractions of a whole, equivalent fractions, and comparing like denominators, and this sheet takes one slice of that. The skills on the page: naming fractions of a whole, comparing fractions with the same denominator, and unit fractions on a number line. Concretely, the sheet tests whether a student can read a situation and choose an operation before computing, work in fractional units and give the answer in lowest terms, and reason backwards from a result to a missing part. 21 different answers appear across the 72 problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the timed drill format
With 72 short problems such as problem 25, "A circle is cut into 4 equal parts and 3 parts are shaded.…" and a timer box, this page measures recall rather than method — write the time down, and aim to beat it on Set B. Equivalent fractions and simple sums recalled quickly are what free a student's attention for the harder operations later.
Set A, Set B and Set C
The three sets come from the same generator with three different seeds: same skill, same layout, fresh numbers, and an answer key computed with the problems. Where Set A's problem 37 is "A circle is cut into 8 equal parts and 1 part is shaded.…", Set B's is "A circle is cut into 6 equal parts and 2 parts are shaded.…".
How to use this worksheet
Give this timed drill uninterrupted. At grade 3, fractions is where procedure and recall have to run at the same time, and 72 problems done in fragments hide which of the two is the problem. Print Set B of this fractions timed drill before writing on Set A; the same skill worked twice a week apart tells you far more than once.
The full guide to teaching fractionsTeaching fractions from equal shares to rational numbers: the grade 1–8 progression, why the number line matters, and the misconceptions that persist for years.Other grade 3 fractions formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 3 Fractions Drill, 30 problems
- Missing Number — Equivalent Fractions & Comparisons — Grade 3 Practice, 22 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 3 Fractions Mixed Review, 30 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 3 Fractions Word Problems, 10 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 2 Fractions Timed Drill — grade 2, 60 problems
- 4.NF.4 — Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers — grade 4, 21 problems
Timed Drill sheets in other grade 3 topics
Free to download, print and photocopy for a whole class: three timed drill sheets of grade 3 fractions, 72 problems each, keys included.