5.NS.1* Number Line: Compare/Order Fractions, Mixed, & Decimals

2 3/4 converted (using the M.A.D. Strategy) to 11/4 made the mixed number a(n) ______ so we can compare it.

• improper fraction
• decimal number
• whole number
• proper fraction

To compare fractions, we can _____.

• subtract the denominators
• add the numerators
• multiply both fractions
• cross-multiply, find a common denominator, or convert them to decimals

To get an equivalent fraction, whatever you multiply the denominator by, you also have to do the same to the ____.

• numerator
• whole number
• fraction
• denominator

Once you have a common denominator (bottom number), you simply compare the ___.

• numerators
• factors
• denominators
• coefficients

When drawing the symbol, < or >, the side of the symbol that has : (2 points) is also the side of the symbol with the ___ number.

• equal
• larger
• smaller
• negative

To compare mixed numbers, fractions, and decimals, we must first ___.

• ignore the decimals
• convert them to a common format, or form (fractions or decimals)

• round the fractions
• add them together

The 2nd step when comparing fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers is to ____.

• add them together
• convert them to a common format

• multiply the fractions
• plot them on a number line

Once plotted on the number line, you can visually see which is the least. It will be the furthest number to the ____ side of the number line.

• right
• top
• left
• bottom

To convert 2/8 to 0.25 without a calculator, we ____.

• multiply 2 by 8
• add 2 and 8
• subtract 2 from 8
• divide 2 by 8

We know 7/4 = 1.75 because 4 * 1 = 4, making a whole number (1), with a remainder of ____. Since we know there are 3 quarters in a dollar, we think of the value (if we counted our coins), 75 cents. This makes 1 whole and 75 hundredths.

• 2/4

• 4/4

• 1/4

• 3/4