Common Units or Number of Units to Compare Two Fractions

a number that is a common multiple of the denominators of two more more fractions

• common denominator

• benchmark fraction

• numerator

• unit fraction

If you are asked to add fractions with unlike denominators, what do you have to do first?

• cross multiply

• add just the numerators

• find their common denominator

• just add both the numerators and denominators

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Ways you can compare or find equivalent fractions include...(choose all that apply)

• add them

• cross multiply

• half strategy

• find common denominators

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3D

eighth is greater than 1 tenth.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3D

eighth is greater than 1 tenth.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3D

Compare.
-  ½          ⅓

• <

• >

• =

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Fill in the blank with the correct sign: <, >, or =.

-5/8 _____ -2/5

(*Don't guess. Change the fractions to have common denominators or look at which fraction is closest to being a whole number. Remember the bigger the negative the less it is.)

• <

• >

• =

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B