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