Compare and order fractions less than 1

1 Write<,>or=tocomparethefractions.

Usethebarmodelstohelpyou.

78

34

912

34

712

23

2 Write<,>or=tocomparethefractions.

a) 15

415

g) 29

13

b) 25

415

h) 49

13

c) 25

615

i) 412

13

d) 23

615

j) 812

23

e) 23

612

k) 812

33

f) 23

69

l) 812

34

3 Sortthefractionsintothecircles.

greaterthan 13

equalto 13

lessthan 13

23

16

12

26

29

5

12

412

415

515

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4 Whatcouldthemissingnumeratorsanddenominatorsbe?

Writeanumberineachboxtomakethestatementscorrect.

a) 5

< 515 d)

3< 5

6 g) 69

< 5

b) 6

< 512 e) 3

5< 5

h) 1012

< 5

c) 12

< 56 f) 5

6< 5

i) 2324

< 5

Compareanswerswithapartner.

5 TommyandEvaarecomparingfractions.

23

812

49

Whosemethodismoreefficient?

Talkaboutyouranswerwithapartner.

6 Writethefractionsinascendingorder.

a) 25,

27,

23,

24,

210

b) 23,

59,

19,

56,

29

c) 35,

710,

12,

310,

15

d) 38,

617,

1230,

27,

13

7 Whatcouldthemissingnumeratorbe?

35

< 15

< 910

Writeallfourpossibilities.

15 15 15 15

I found a common denominator of 36 to compare the fractions.

Tommy

I found a common numerator of 4 to

compare the fractions.

Eva