Comparing
Fractions
Fractions
Which is greater: 1/4 or 1/8?
1/4 is greater.
If you are comparing 3/4 and 1/8, what benchmark fraction would you use?
1/2
Jessie ate 1/4 of a pizza, and her friend ate another 1/4. How much pizza did they eat together?
They ate 1/2 of the pizza together.
3/4 - 1/4 =
2/4
If a factory produces 1,500 widgets each day, how many widgets are produced in a week?
10,500 widgets are produced in a week.
Compare 3/5 and 2/3. Which fraction is larger?
3/5 is larger.
If you were comparing 5/8 and 9/7 what benchmark fraction would you use?
1
AJ read 1/5 of a book on Monday and another 1/5 on Tuesday. What fraction of the book has he read?
AJ has read 2/5 of the book.
7/8 - 3/8=
4/8
A school has 2,400 students and splits them evenly into 8 classes. How many students are in each class?
There are 300 students in each class.
Which fraction is smaller: 7/12 or 5/8?
7/12 is smaller.
If you were comparing 3/7 and 6/8, what benchmark would you use?
1/2
A recipe requires 3/8 cup of sugar. If you add another 3/8 cup, how much sugar have you used?
You have used 3/4 cup of sugar.
Connor had a pizza that was cut into 10ths. He hate 5/10 and gave the rest to Millie. What fraction of the pizza did Millie get?
5/10
A book series contains 7 books. If each book has approximately 450 pages, how many pages are there in total?
There are 3,150 pages in total.
Determine which is greater: 9/10 or 10/11.
10/11 is greater.
If you were comparing 5/6 and 10/6, what benchmark would you use?
1
Valentina and Tom each drank 2/9 of a bottle of juice. How much did they drink in total?
They drank 4/9 of the bottle.
Lena has a tray of brownies with 24 equal pieces. She eats half of the tray and gives the rest to Adonia. What fraction of the tray does Adonia get?
12/24
A marathon is 248 miles long. If a runner completes 4 miles each hour, how long will it take to finish the marathon?
It will take approximately 62 hours.
Compare 4/5 and 7/9. Which is the greater fraction?
7/9 is greater.
Tricky*** If you were comparing 8/7 and 12/5, what benchmark would you use?
2
Two friends, Ava and Regina, each planted 5/6 of a flower bed with flowers. How much of the flower bed is planted in total?
10/6, which is 5/3 or 1 2/3 of the flower bed is planted.
Tricky***** Konstantinos has 3 trays of 12 cupcakes. He gives one whole tray to Connor, half of a tray to Austin, half of a tray to Penelope, and 5 cupcakes to Lukas. What fraction of cupcakes does Konstantinos have left?
7/12
A company made $250,000 in revenue last month and spent $175,000. What was their profit?
The profit was $75,000.