Comparing Fractions

This week is our last week on fractions!

We are ending our unit by talking about adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator, and comparing fractions with different denominators. We also have talked about a mixed number and an improper fraction.

An improper fraction is a fraction where the numerator is greater than the denominator.

A mixed number has both a whole number and a fraction.

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Here are all the TEKS that we covered:

TEKS

4.3 - Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and generate fractions to solve problems. The student is expected to:

4.3.C - determine if two given fractions are equivalent using a variety of methods;

4.3.D - compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators and represent the comparison using the symbols >, =, or <;

4.3.G - represent fractions and decimals to the tenths or hundredths as distances from zero on a number line.

4.2 - Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent, compare, and order whole numbers and decimals and understand relationships related to place value. The student is expected to:

4.2.G - relate decimals to fractions that name tenths and hundredths; and

4.9 - Data analysis. The student applies mathematical process standards to solve problems by collecting, organizing, displaying, and interpreting data. The student is expected to:

4.9.A - represent data on a frequency table, dot plot, or stem-and-leaf plot marked with whole numbers and fractions; and

4.9.B - solve one- and two-step problems using data in whole number, decimal, and fraction form in a frequency table, dot plot, or stem-and-leaf plot.

4.3 - Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and generate fractions to solve problems. The student is expected to:

4.3.A - represent a fraction a/b as a sum of fractions 1/b, where a and b are whole numbers and b > 0, including when a > b;

4.3.B - decompose a fraction in more than one way into a sum of fractions with the same denominator using concrete and pictorial models and recording results with symbolic representations;

4.3 - Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and generate fractions to solve problems. The student is expected to:

4.3.E - represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with equal denominators using objects and pictorial models that build to the number line and properties of operations;

4.3.F - evaluate the reasonableness of sums and differences of fractions using benchmark fractions 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1, referring to the same whole; and