Comparing and Ordering Fractions

What is the first step to order fractions from least to greatest?

• Find a common denominator for all the fractions.

• Convert all fractions to decimals.

• Add all the fractions together.

• Multiply all fractions by the same number.

How do you find the least common denominator for 1/3 and 1/4?

• 8

• 10

• 12

• 14

What is an equivalent fraction?

• A fraction that represents a different value than another fraction.

• A fraction that represents the same value as another fraction, even though the numerator and denominator are different.

• A fraction that has the same numerator and denominator.

• A fraction that is always greater than one.

Give an example of equivalent fractions for 1/2.

• 1/3 and 2/6

• 2/4 and 3/6

• 1/4 and 2/8

• 3/5 and 6/10

What does it mean if one fraction is less than another?

• It means that the part represented by the first fraction is smaller than the part represented by the second fraction.

• It means that the two fractions are equal in value.

• It means that the first fraction is larger than the second fraction.

• It means that the first fraction is a whole number.

What does it mean if one fraction is greater than another?

• It means that the part represented by the first fraction is larger than the part represented by the second fraction.

• It means that the two fractions are equal in value.

• It means that the first fraction is smaller than the second fraction.

• It means that the first fraction has a larger denominator than the second fraction.

What does the denominator in a fraction represent?

• The top number of a fraction that represents a part of the whole.

• The bottom number of a fraction that represents the total number of equal parts the whole is divided into.

• The number of parts being considered in the fraction.

• The whole number that the fraction is based on.

What is the relationship between 3/6 and 5/10?

• 3/6 is greater than 5/10.

• 3/6 is less than 5/10.

• 3/6 is equal to 5/10.

• 3/6 is not comparable to 5/10.

Order the fractions 1/4, 1/2, and 1/8 from least to greatest.

• 1/4, 1/2, 1/8

• 1/2, 1/4, 1/8

• 1/8, 1/2, 1/4

• 1/8, 1/4, 1/2

How can you simplify the fraction 4/8?

• 1/2

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 4/6