Comparing Fractions
Which fraction is greater?
6/8 or 4/8
Put the following fractions in order from greatest to least.
7/8 , 4/8 , 6/8
7/8 , 6/8 , 4/8
3/6 and 4/8
Yes, they are equivalent
Juliette and Isabella are on the track team. Juliette runs 2/6 mile each day. Isabella runs 4/6 a mile each day. Who runs farther each day?
Who is Isabella?
Jacob and Nevaeh are reading the same book. Jacob read 3/5 of the book. Nevaeh read 2/8 of the book. Who read less of the book?
Who is Nevaeh?
Order the fractions from least to greatest.
3/6 , 3/8 , 3/4
3/8 , 3/6 , 3/4
Muhammed ate 4/8 of an apple pie. Jayla ate 1/2 of a cherry pie. What symbol should be used to correctly compare the amount of pie that each child ate? <, >, =
4/8 O 1/2
4/8 = 1/2
Hailey is reading a book about New York. The book has 6 chapters. She finished reading 1/2 of the book.
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What fraction with a denominator of 6 is equivalent to 1/2?
There are two walking trails at the park. Trail A is 5/10 mile long. Trail B is 7/8 mile long. Which trail is longer?
What is trail B?
Shania, Savva, and Gabrieal are meeting at school. Shania lives 2/6 mile from school. Savva lives 3/6 miles from school. Gabrieal lives 1/6 mile from school. Who lives the closest to school? The middle? The farthest?
Who is Gabrieal, Shania, Savva?
Kamarian went for a walk. The walk lasted 2/8 hour.
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What is an equivalent fraction to 2/8?
1/4 is equivalent
Jareid brought 5/6 macaroni salad to the school picnic. Mohammed brought 2/3 pound of potato salad. Which symbol is needed to correctly compare the fractions?
5/6 O 2/3
5/6 > 2/3
In a survey, 2/3 of the students chose volleyball as their favorite sport and 2/4 chose hockey. Which sport has more votes?
What is volleyball?
Chace is painting a picture. He has 2/3 pint of purple paint, 2/6 pint of orange paint, and 2/12 pint of yellow paint. Order the fractions from greatest to least.
What is
2/3 , 2/6, 2/12
Julia has a basket of fruit. 6/8 of her basket is strawberries. 2/4 of her basket is apples. She says that there are the same number of apples and strawberries. Is she correct? Explain.
No she is not correct. More of her basket is strawberries because 6/8 is greater than 2/4
Dillon and Ethan are doing a word search puzzle Ethan found 2/3 of the words. Dillon found 4/6 of the words? Dillon thinks he found more words. Is he correct? Explain.
No he is not correct because 2/3 is equivalent to 4/6.
Jordan had a basket of apples. 3/8 of the apples in one basket are Granny Smith apples and 4/5 of the apples in another basket are Granny Smith apples. Which fractions is greater?
What is the basket with the basket with 4/5
Order the fractions from least to greatest
2/5 , 6/8 , 3/6
what is
2/5 , 3/6 , 6/8
4/2 and 10/8
No, 4/2 is greater than 10/8