Comparing Fractions with Different Denominators

What is a strategy you can NOT use to compare fractions with different numerators and different denominators?

• Number line

• Common denominators

• Area model

• Representing the fractions through a model

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Fill in the blank:

1/2 ___ 2/3

• < (Less than)

• > (Greater than)

• = (Equal to)

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Which fraction is bigger?

3/6 or 3/4

• 3/6

• 3/4

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CCSS.3.NF.A.3D

What is a benchmark fraction?

• The top number of a fraction

• The bottom number of a fraction

• A fraction where the numerator is 1

• Common fractions used to compare other fractions

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Find the common denominators between these fractions

4/5 and 5/6

• 30

• 35

• 40

• They don’t have any multiples in common

True or False:

4/6 is greater than 4/5

• True

• False

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CCSS.3.NF.A.3D

Which of the following sets of fractions are all equivalent to each other?

• All of the above

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CCSS.4.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.3A

CCSS.3.NF.A.3B

On a number line, two fractions are equivalent if they:

• Are located at points with different denominators

• Are located at the same point, regardless of their denominators

• Have the same numerator

• Have the same denominator

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CCSS.4.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

The larger the denominator is - the ______ the pieces are.

• unit fraction

• larger

• numerator

• smaller

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B