Comparing Fractions Story Problems

Last week,Jacob's Dealership sold 30/100 of its pick-up trucks. Across town, Bloomington Autos sold 3/10 of its pick-up trucks.Which business sold a greater fraction of its pick-up trucks?

• Jacob's Dealership
• Bloomington Autos
• They both sold the same amount

Which fraction is less than 1/5?

• 1/3
• 2/10
• 1/8
• 5/10

Brandi loves to eat Doritos.  She ate 2/8 of a bag on Monday, 7/8 of a bag on Tuesday, and 3/4 of a bag on Friday.  Which day did she eat the MOST Doritos?

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Friday

Malachi is lucky to have is 4 closest friends living in his neighborhood.  He recorded the distances each friend lives from him:
Annie - 3/5 miles
Matt - 5/10 miles
Parker - 2/3 miles
Bethany - 1/4 miles
Which friend lives the CLOSEST to Malachi?

• Annie
• Matt
• Parker
• Bethany

Last week, Jacob's Car Dealership sold 5/7 of its pick-up trucks. Across town, Bloomington Autos sold 1/10 of its pick-up trucks.Which business sold a greater amount of its pick-up trucks?

• Jacob's dealership

• Bloomington Autos

• They both sold the same amount

Recently, Ruth listened to 5/7 of her favorite songs. Tess listened to 1/4 of her favorite songs. Who listened to more of her favorite songs?

• Ruth

• Tess

• They both listened to the same amount

Find a common denominator from the following two fractions 2/6 and 1/8

• 40
• 24
• 12
• 72

Josie ate 3/4 of her birthday cake.  Chris ate 6/8 of his birthday cake.  Who ate more of their own cake?

• Josie 
• Chris
• They both ate the same amount
• They both got sick and stopped eating

Jenny had a pizza that was divided into 8 equal slices. She ate 3 of them. Danny has a pizza that is the same size, but his is divided into 4 equal slices. He ate 3 slices of his pizza. Who ate more pizza?

• Jenny eats more because her slices are divided into smaller pieces 
• Danny eats more because he eats the same amount of slices, but his slices are bigger
• They eat the same amount of pizza 

Kim made two pies that were exactly the same size. The first pie was a cherry pie, which she cut into 6 equal slices. The second was a pumpkin pie, which she cut into 12 equal pieces. Kim takes her pies to a party. Guests eat 3 slices of cherry pie and 6 slices of pumpkin pie. Did guests eat more cherry pie or pumpkin pie?

• They ate the same amount of both because 3/6 and 6/12 are both equal to 1/2.

• They ate more cherry pie, because the cherry pie was cut up into bigger pieces.

• They ate more pumpkin pie because they ate more slices of the pumpkin pie.