This video addresses Common Core Grade 3 Standard Number & Operations - Fractions: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.

What do you get when you add a whole number like 1, 2, 3, or anything else to one of the good old-fashioned proper fractions that you’ve come to know-and-love such as 1/2 or 1/3? You get what ...

The common core's emphasis on fractions as points on a number line offers a window into the framework's divergence from past conventions.