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Fractions and Comparing Them

Fractions and Comparing Them. numerator. denominator. Fraction – a ____________ out of a _____________. The bottom number

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Fractions and Comparing Them

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  1. Fractions and Comparing Them

  2. numerator denominator Fraction – a ____________ out of a _____________. The bottom number ( ___________________) says how many parts the whole is ________________ into and the top number (_____________________) says how many of those ____________________ you have. part whole denominator divided numerator parts

  3. Compare the fractions below using>, <, or =.

  4. denominators • Helpful hints when comparing fractions: • If the __________________________ are the same, the numerators tell which is greater > or less <. • If the numerators are the same, the fraction with the greater denominator has the ____________ value. To compare fractions with different denominators and numerators, rewrite each fractions with a common _________________(divide them into the same number of parts.) lesser denominator

  5. Helpful hints when comparing negative fractions: • Fractions that are farthest to the left of zero are ________________________. • When moving left away from zero, the same numbers are the same __________________ from zero as the numbers to the right, the signs to the left are just negative. smallest distance

  6. Order from least to greatest: , , , ,

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