Comparing Fractions with Visual Models

What fraction represents a whole circle divided into two colored parts?

• 1/2

• 2/4

• 2/2

• 1/4

How do we represent a whole object as a fraction?

• 1/1

• 2/2 or 3/3

• Both 1/1 and 2/2 or 3/3

• 1/2

Which fraction is greater, 2/3 or 1/2?

• 2/3

• 1/2

• Cannot be determined

• Both are equal

Between 2/3 and 3/4, which fraction represents a larger portion?

• 3/4

• Cannot be determined

• 2/3

• Both are equal

Is 1/2 greater than 1/3?

• Cannot be determined

• No

• Both are equal

• Yes

Which fraction is equivalent to a whole?

• 3/6

• 1/2

• 2/2

• 2/4

When comparing fractions, what does the denominator tell us?

• How many parts are colored

• The size of each part

• How many parts the whole is divided into

• The color of the parts

Comparing 3/6 and 1/2, which statement is true?

• 1/2 is greater

• Both are equal

• Cannot be determined

• 3/6 is greater

If a pie is divided into six parts, what fraction represents half of the pie?

• 3/6

• 2/6

• 6/6

• 1/6

Which fraction represents a larger portion, 3/5 or 3/4?

• Both are equal

• Cannot be determined

• 3/5

• 3/4