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