Comparing Fractions
Which is greater?
1/5 or 1/6
1/5
Name 2 fractions that are equivalent to 1/2.
2/4 3/6 4/8 5/10 etc.
Write this number in standard form: two and one eighth
2 1/8
3/6 + 2/6 =
5/6
5/6 - 1/6 =
4/6 or 2/3
Which is least?
2/5 or 1/2
2/5
Name 2 fractions that are equivalent to 1/3
3/9
4/12
2/6
and so on...
What is 3 1/2 + 5 1/2?
9
7/8 + 1/8 =
8/8 = 1
2 1/2 - 1 1/2 =
1
Which is greater?
4/3 or 3/4
4/3
Name 2 fractions that are equivalent to 1/4.
2/8
3/12
4/16
2 3/4 - 1 3/4 =
1
2/6 + 5/6 =
Turn improper fractions to mixed numbers!
7/6 = 1 1/6
6 2/3 - 4 1/3
2 1/3
EXPLAIN how you can tell that 1/3 is less than 3/5.
1/3 is less than 1/2 and 3/5 is more than 1/2, so I know that 3/5 is greater.
EXPLAIN how you find an equivalent fraction for 3/4.
I multiply both the numerator and denominator by the same number using a fraction that equals 1 whole. For example 3/4 x 2/2 = 6/8.
2 3/5 + 1 2/5=
4
EXPLAIN how you can turn 22/10 into a mixed number.
I divide 22 by 10 and see how many wholes I can make. 22 divided by 10 equals 2 with a remainder of 2. My mixed number is 2 2/10 or 2 1/5.
3 3/4 - 1 1/4
2 2/4 or 2 1/2
Tina completed 2/3 of her homework.
George completed 8/9 of his homework.
Tina and George have the same amount
of homework. Who completed a greater
fraction of homework?
George
Josh, Lisa, and Vicki each ate 1/4 of their own pizza. Each pizza was the same size, but Josh ate 1 slice, Lisa ate 2 slices, and Vicki ate 3 slices. How is this possible?
Josh ate 1/4
Lisa ate 2/8
Vicki ate 3/12
the pieces were smallest for Vicki and the pieces were biggest for Josh, but they all ate an equivalent fraction of the pizza.
Kit said, "On summer vacation, I spent 1 1/2 weeks with my grandma and one week more with my aunt than with my grandma." How many weeks did she spend visiting family?
1 1/2 + 2 1/2 = 3 2/2 = 4
Three-tenths of Ken's buttons are blue, 4/10 are green, and the rest are black. What fraction of Ken's
buttons are black?
3/10
Megan finishes the scarf. It is 5 6/12 feet in length. She finds a mistake in her knitting and unravels 2 4/12 feet to correct the mistake. How long is the scarf now?
5 6/12 - 2 4/12 = 3 2/12 or 3 1/6