Order fractions
1 a) Shadethebarmodelstorepresentthefractions.
15
25
35
45
b) Whatdoyounotice?
c) Completethesentence.
numerator denominator greater smaller
Whenfractionshavethesame ,the
the the
thefraction.
2 Writethefractionsinorder,startingwiththesmallest.
19
89
49
29
79
smallest
greatest
3 a) Shadethebarmodelstorepresentthefractions.
12
13
14
15
b) Whatdoyounotice?
c) Completethesentence.
numerator denominator greater smaller
Whenfractionshavethesame ,the
the the
thefraction.
4 Writethefractionsinorder,startingwiththegreatest.
19
13
17
12
111
greatest
smallest
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7 DexterandAlexareorderingfractionsfromsmallest
togreatest.
17
221
435
27
a)
UseDexter’smethodtoputthefractionsinorder.
b)
UseAlex’smethodtoputthefractionsinorder.
c) Whichmethoddoyouprefer?Talkaboutitwithapartner.
5 TommyandDoraareorderingfractions.
15
415
23
715
Whodoyouagreewith?
Talkaboutitwithapartner.
6 a) Completetheequivalentfractions.
35
= 6 29
= 6 17
= 6
b) Writethefractionsinorder,startingwiththegreatest.
69
35
17
29
greatest smallest
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I cannot order these fractions because the
numerators and denominators are different.
I think I can use equivalent fractions to
help me.
Tommy
Dora
I am going to make the numerators the same.
Dexter
I am going to make the denominators the same.
Alex
