Ordering Fractions with Models Worksheet Download
Three identical cups are filled to different levels and each is labelled with the fraction it holds. Two of the three fractions always share a numerator with different denominators, so the picture is there to settle the case where a bigger denominator looks like a bigger number.
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Ordering Fractions with Models
Students compare three cups filled to different levels and put the fractions they show in order from least to greatest or greatest to least.
About this worksheet
Students compare three cups filled to different levels and put the fractions they show in order from least to greatest or greatest to least.
Student objectives
- Compare fractions of the same whole using a picture
- Order three fractions from least to greatest
- Order three fractions from greatest to least
- See why a larger denominator means smaller pieces
Everyday practice
- Decide who got the bigger slice when a pizza is cut into different-sized pieces
- Compare how much juice is left in two glasses that are filled to different levels
- Figure out which of two chocolate bars has more pieces eaten
- Line up cups of ingredients from least full to most full while baking