With this activity, you can practice comparing fractions on several different difficulty levels.
For the easiest problems, include only a few denominators and choose to include the pie images (for 2nd/3rd grade). The student can click on the pie slices to color them in, thus enabling them to compare the given fractions visually.
For 3rd grade, you can choose the options "Same denominator" and "Same numerator" to compare fractions such as 3/8 and 5/8, or 2/3 and 2/4.
The next level is to use the benchmark numbers 1/2 and one to help compare fractions. For example, to compare 1/3 and 4/5, we can see that 1/3 is less than 1/2, wheras 4/5 is more than 1/2. Thus, 4/5 is greater than 1/3.
The option "Any" makes random fractions to compare, based on your chosen list of denominators. The "Challenge" mode shows you two fractions that are fairly close to each other, which means you may often need to actually calculate to find which is greater (e.g. to find equivalent fractions with the same denominator, or to multiply criss cross). These two options are most useful for 5th and 6th grades.
You can also choose timed or untimed practice, and the number of practice problems.
Denominator list (separate by commas):
Types of comparisons:
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Denominator list (separate by commas):
Types of comparisons:
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