Comparing Fractions
Luke and Tyrone each buy a medium pizza. Luke has his cut into 8 pieces while Tyrone has his pizza cut into 6 pieces. If they each eat 3 pieces, who ate more? Draw a picture to explain.
Who is Tyrone?
Compare the fractions using <,>, =
2/4 _____ 1/2
What is =
Which is more?
2/6 of a cake or 2/8?
What is 2/6
Harriet and Monica are each eating a piece of licorice. Harriet eats 4/6 of her piece and Monica eats 5/6 of her piece. Who ate less? Draw a picture to show your work.
Who is Harriet?
If there are 3 people at a party and they want to share a cake that has 6 pieces equally. how many slices will each one get?
see picture
What is 2 slices
What fraction of the picture is shaded?
See picture
What is 1/4
Mr. Tobias bought a small cake and Mrs. Kalvicky bought a medium cake. They each ate 1/8 of their cake. Did they eat the same amount? Draw a picture to show your work.
No. The medium cake divided into eight equal pieces means the pieces will each be larger.
Where would 2/3 go on the number line:
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0 _A___ 1/3 1/2 _B__ 1
What is B?
Draw a shape divided into eighths.
What is a shape with 8 equal pieces.
Compare the fractions: Use >, <, =
1/8 _____ 1/4
What is <
A garden had equal sized sections of the following flowers: 3/8 had red roses, 1/8 had yellow tulips, and 3/8 had pink roses. How many were sunflowers? Draw and label the garden.
What is 1?
Which shows 1/2?
See picture:
What is C
Which statement is true?
1/3 is equal to 2/6
3/6 is equal to 1/4
What is 1/3 is equal to 2/6?
Draw a rectangle cut into halves.
Now show how you can divide the rectangle into fourths.
Teacher will check.
Amy shaded some parts of this poster. What fraction of the area of the poster is shaded?
See picture.
2/3
3/8
5/8
8/5
What is 5/8