Learn to Compare and Order Fractions Easily

Learn to compare and order fractions easily with CuriousEd.ai’s fun, curriculum-based guide for mastering numerators, denominators, and symbols.

1. Comparingand
orderingfractions
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2. Comparingandorderingfractions
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3. Objective
•3Nf.08Useknowledgeofequivalencetocompareandorderunitfractions
andfractionswiththesamedenominator,usingthesymbols=,>and<.
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4. Comparisonsymbols
•Greaterthan(>)showsthatleftsideisbigger.
•Lessthan(<)showsthatrightsideisbigger.
•Equalto(=)showsthatbothsidesaresame.
•Examples:
o2 4
o5 5
o6 3
•Note:Theopenmouthalwayseatsthebiggernumber .
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5. Comparingunitfractions
•Aunitfractionhas1asthe
numerator.
•Examples:
1
5
,
1
2
•Thesmallerthedenominatorthe
biggerthefraction.
•Example:
1
5
1
2
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6. Orderingunitfractions
•Orderingmeansputtingfrom:
oThesmallesttothebiggest(Ascendingorder)
oThebiggesttothesmallest(Descendingorder)
•Example:Puttheseinorderfromthesmallesttothebiggest:
1
3
, 
1
5
,
1
4
,
1
2
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7. Unitfractions-quiz
•Whichisgreater?
1
5
or
1
8
•Arrangethesefromthebiggesttothesmallest:
1
2
,
1
4
,
1
3

8. Comparingfractionswithsamedenominator
•Thegreaterthenumerator,thegreaterthefraction.
•Example:
4
5
2
5
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9. Orderingfractionswithsamedenominator
•Example:Puttheseinorderfromthebiggesttothesmallest:
1
4
,
3
4
,
2
4
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10. Fractionswithsamedenominator-quiz
•Whichissmaller?
2
9
or
5
9
•Arrangethesefromthesmallesttothebiggest:
6
7
,
2
7
,
4
7

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