Comparing Fractions Word Problems

Last week, Jacob's Car Dealership sold 5/7 of its pick-up trucks. Across town, Bloomington Autos sold 1/10 of its pick-up trucks.Which business sold a greater amount of its pick-up trucks?

• Jacob's dealership

• Bloomington Autos

• They both sold the same amount

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Recently, Ruth listened to 5/7 of her favorite songs. Tess listened to 1/4 of her favorite songs. Who listened to more of her favorite songs?

• Ruth

• Tess

• They both listened to the same amount

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Jimmy and Andy were eating cake.  The cake they were eating is the same size.  Andy cut his cake into 12 pieces.  Jimmy cut his cake into 8 pieces.  Andy ate 7 of his pieces and Jimmy ate 4 of his pieces.  Who ate more of his cake?  

• They ate the  same amount
• Jimmy
• Andy

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Find a common denominator from the following two fractions 2/6 and 1/8

• 18

• 24
• 12
• 36

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Josie ate 3/4 of her birthday cake.  Chris ate 6/8 of his birthday cake.  Who ate more of their own cake?

• Josie 
• Chris
• They both ate the same amount
• They both got sick and stopped eating

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Jenny had a pizza that was divided into 8 equal slices. She ate 3 of them. Danny has a pizza that is the same size, but his is divided into 4 equal slices. He ate 3 slices of his pizza. Who ate more pizza?

• Jenny eats more because her slices are divided into smaller pieces 
• Danny eats more because he eats the same amount of slices, but his slices are bigger
• They eat the same amount of pizza 

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

Kim made two pies that were exactly the same size. The first pie was a cherry pie, which she cut into 6 equal slices. The second was a pumpkin pie, which she cut into 12 equal pieces. Kim takes her pies to a party. Guests eat 3 slices of cherry pie and 6 slices of pumpkin pie. Did guests eat more cherry pie or pumpkin pie?

• They ate the same amount of both because 3/6 and 6/12 are both equal to 1/2.

• They ate more cherry pie, because the cherry pie was cut up into bigger pieces.

• They ate more pumpkin pie because they ate more slices of the pumpkin pie.

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CCSS.4.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

Jarred has two cakes that are the same size.The first cake was chocolate, which he cut into 12 equal parts. The second cake was marble,which he cut into 6 equal parts.His family eats 5 slices of chocolate cake and 3 slices of marble cake. Did they eat more chocolate cake or marble cake?

• They ate more chocolate because 5/12 is close to 1/2.
• They ate more marble because 3/6 is equivalent to 6/12 which is greater than 5/12.
• They ate the same amount of both cakes.

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Jeremy bakes two pans of brownies that are the same size. One pan has nuts in it and the other pan does not. He cuts the pan with nuts into 8 equal pieces. He cuts the pan without nuts into 16 equal pieces. His friends eat 2 brownies with nuts and 3 brownies without nuts. Did they eat more of the brownies with nuts or without nuts?

• 2/8 < 3/16 so they eat more brownies with OUT nuts
• 2/8 is equivalent to 1/4  and 3/16 is equivalent to 1/4 so they ate the same amount of both. 
• 2/8 > 3/16 so they eat more brownies with nuts. 

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Last week,Jacob's Dealership sold 30/100 of its pick-up trucks. Across town, Bloomington Autos sold 3/10 of its pick-up trucks.Which business sold a greater fraction of its pick-up trucks?

• Jacob's Dealership
• Bloomington Autos
• They both sold the same amount

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2