Comparing Fractions
Which fraction is larger?
1/2 or 1/4?
1/2 is larger than 1/4
Jake is 47 inches tall and his brother, Peter, is 60 inches tall. How much taller is Peter compared to Jake?
Peter is 13 inches taller.
Kelly has 6 chocolate bars. 4 of them are Snickers. What fraction of her chocolate bars are Snickers?
4/6
Write at least two equivalent fractions for 1/2
Some examples: 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10
On your white board, draw 1/2 on a number line.
I will check your board for the correct answers!
Which fraction is larger?
2/4 or 3/4?
3/4 is larger than 2/4
Katie ran for 10 minutes in PE class. Jess ran for 3 times as long as Katie. How many minutes did Jess run for?
Jess ran for 30 minutes.
Mrs. Jones has 12 boxes of crayons. 5 of the boxes have a sharpener on the back. What fraction of boxes have a sharpener?
5/12
Write one equivalent fraction for 1/3
Some examples: 2/6, 3/9, 4/12
On your white boards, draw 3/4 on a number line.
I will check your board for the correct answer
Which fraction is smaller?
1/8 or 1/9?
1/9 is smaller than 1/8
Mrs. Laughlin has to drive for 12 minutes to get to school in the morning. Mrs. Klein has to drive for 40 minutes to get to school. How much longer does Mrs. Klein have to drive on her way to school compared to Mrs. Laughlin?
28 more minutes
Alex ordered 8 pizzas for his birthday party. 3 of the pizzas are pepperoni and the rest are cheese. What fraction of the pizzas are cheese?
5/8
Are these two fractions equivalent? Yes or no
5/6 and 7/8
No they are not equal
On your white board, draw 2/6 and 5/6 on a number line.
I will check boards for the correct answer
Which fraction is smaller?
1/2 or 2/6?2/6 is smaller than 1/2
Nina has a square garden that is 12 feet on each side. What is the perimeter of Nina's garden?
48 square feet
Greg went to the zoo and saw 11 bears. 7 of them were Polar Bears and the rest were Grizzly Bears. What fraction were Grizzly bears?
4/11
Write an equivalent fraction for 4/6
Examples: 8/12, 12/18, 16/24
On your white board, draw 2/8 and 5/8 on a number line.
I will check your boards for the correct answers.
Which of these fractions is the largest?
1/2, 1/3, 1/6, or 6/8?
6/8 is the largest fraction
Mr. G wants to build a new part of the playground at Cardinal. The current playground has an area of 75 feet squared. Mr G. wants the new total to be 140 feet squared. What does the area of the new part need to be to get to a total of 140 square feet?
The area of the new part of the playground would need to be 65 square feet.
Dylan has either soccer or swim practice every day this week. If he has soccer for 4 days out of the week, what fraction of the week does he have swim practice?
3/7
Are these two fractions equivalent?
3/4 and 9/12
Yes they are equivalent
On your white board, show me 1/2 and 1/4 on just ONE number line.
I will check boards for correct answers!