1. FRACTIONS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Grade Level: 3
Objectives:
1. Students will be able to take a whole and divide into fractional parts.
2. Students will problem solve on how to divide up the bar evenly among their group
members.
Materials: Hershey chocolate bar, notepaper and pencils
Hershey Fractions Sheet
Name: ______________________________________________________
Before you open the candy bar estimate how many pieces it is divided into.
Estimate: ____________________
Actual _______________________
How many rows? _____________
How many columns? _________
What addition or multiplication problem do you see using the above information? Write the
problem and a picture below.
Break off the first column of the candy bar. How many pieces did you take?
______________________
What fraction of the candy bar did you take? ____________
If we use each column to stand for one so that the candy bar has 4 sections, and we take one
section, what fraction do you take? _____________
Break off another column. How many pieces have you taken all together? ____________

2. What fractions of the candy bar is gone? ________________
Can you think of a different way to say that? ________________ * Hint: Look at the two piles.
Break off another column. How many pieces have you taken all together? ______________
What fractions of the candy bar is gone? ______________________