Fraction 12/11 - Mental Calculation

When the denominator is the same, we compare the ______________.

4/12 is _______________4/10

• equal to

• less than

• greater than

Gerard finished 5/8 of the problems from his math homework. Delvin finished 5/6 of the problems on his math homework. Who finished a GREATER fraction of his math homework?

Gerard finished 5/8 of the problems from his math homework. Delvin finished 5/6 of the problems on his math homework. Who finished a GREATER fraction of his math homework?

How did you solve the problem?

• The numerator was the same so I compared the denominator.

• The denominator was the same so I compared the numerator.

• I added both fractions.

• I picked the fraction with the biggest numbers.

Sheyla and Cinthia were making different fractions. Sheyla made 4/8 and Cinthia made 6/8. Who made the greatest fraction?

Mrs. Carrier wrote the following list of fractions on the board. 
1/6, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8
Which has the greatest value?

Put these fractions in order from least to greatest:
10/12, 1/2, 3/4

Put these fractions in order from greatest to least: 3/5, 3/10, 3/2

USE SCRATCH PAPER AND SOLVE THIS WORD PROBLEM:

The classroom made cookies. They used 11/20 cup of white flour for the chocolate chip cookies. They used 9/20 cup of flour for peanut butter cookies. How much flour did they use in total?

Anya is planting a garden with Sarah. Sarah wants to make the garden into 9 equal rows and plant corn in 3/9 of the garden. What fraction of the garden will be left for other vegetables?