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Lesson 5: Using Benchmarks to Order Fractions


 1. 
Which of these fractions is greater than 1/2?
a.
3/10
b.
6/11
c.
2/5
d.
4/9
 

 2. 
Which of these fractions is greater than 3/4?
a.
1/2
b.
5/6
c.
2/3
d.
3/5
 

 3. 
Which of these fractions is less than 1/2?
a.
2/3
b.
2/5
c.
3/4
d.
4/6
 

 4. 
Which of these fractions is less than 3/5?
a.
4/6
b.
3/4
c.
2/3
d.
1/2
 

 5. 
Which of these fractions is closest to 1 whole?
a.
1/2
b.
2/3
c.
9/10
d.
3/4
 

 6. 
Which of these fractions is between 0 and 1/2?
a.
1/4
b.
2/3
c.
4/6
d.
6/10
 

 7. 
Which of these fractions is between 1/2 and 1?
a.
1/4
b.
2/5
c.
3/10
d.
4/6
 

 8. 
Fill in the denominator to make this statement true. 
     2/5 is less than 1/.
a.
5
b.
4
c.
3
d.
2
 

 9. 
Fill in the numerator to make this statement true. 
     3/4 is greater than /10
a.
10
b.
9
c.
8
d.
7
 

 10. 
Put these fractions in order from least to greatest.
mc010-1.jpg     mc010-2.jpg     mc010-3.jpg     mc010-4.jpg    mc010-5.jpg
a.
mc010-6.jpg     mc010-7.jpg     mc010-8.jpg     mc010-9.jpg    mc010-10.jpg
c.
mc010-16.jpg     mc010-17.jpg     mc010-18.jpg     mc010-19.jpg    mc010-20.jpg
b.
mc010-11.jpg     mc010-12.jpg     mc010-13.jpg     mc010-14.jpg    mc010-15.jpg
d.
mc010-21.jpg     mc010-22.jpg     mc010-23.jpg     mc010-24.jpg    mc010-25.jpg
 



 
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