Andrich has two equal-sized rectangles. Each rectangle is partitioned into 3 equal copies. To make a fraction with a value greater than 1, Andrich must shade this many copies.
What is 4 copies?
You must determine that this is equal before you can compare fractions.
What are the whole units?
When comparing fractions, the fraction with the largest denominator --bottom number-- will always be __________ in size.
(bigger or smaller)
What is smaller?
This term represents the number of parts shaded (or unshaded) in the whole unit and is the top number in any fraction.
What is a numerator?
This term represents the total number of parts in one whole unit and is the bottom number in any fraction.
What is the denominator?
Jaxson is building a lego house. Each whole lego house needs a total of 9 blocks. In order to build 1 whole lego house and have 4 blocks left over, Jaxson needs this fraction of blocks.
What is 14/9?
Drew used 1/2 of a small banana to make a banana split. Gavin used 1/4 of a large banana to make a banana split. Who ate the most banana in their sundae?
What is you cannot determine who ate more banana because the bananas are not equal in size so you cannot say which fraction was bigger.
As the number of copies within a whole unit increase, each copy gets _____________.
(bigger or smaller)
What is smaller?
In a number bond of the fraction 6/5, that has been decomposed into unit fractions, the number bond will have this many branches.
What is 6?