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Jan 152012
 

Students often need to be able to compare fractions. Do you know which is bigger between and ?

means the whole has been divided into 5 equal pieces and you have one of them.

means the whole has been divided into 6 equal pieces and you have one of them.

The fraction wall shows that the larger the denominator, the smaller each piece becomes, so is greater than .

Try this exercise to choose the biggest fraction.

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