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Activity Century #Art Integration
Skills

Take 9–10 strips of the same size and
divide them equally into different numbers 1
of parts as shown alongside.
1 1
Observe the fraction strips. What do you
observe? 2 2

Now colour one part of each strip. 1 1 1
Each part you coloured shows the unit 3 3 3
1 1 1
fraction such as , , , etc. 1 1 1 1
2 5 8

Now, look at the fraction strips and answer 4 4 4 4
the following: 1 1 1 1 1
1
1
1. Which is bigger: or ? _________ 5 5 5 5 5
2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
1
1
2. Of and , which is bigger? 6 6 6 6 6 6
3 8 _________
1
1
3. How many s make ? _________ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
1
4. How many s, are there in half? 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 _________ 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
5. Is the statement true? “10 pieces of
1 make a whole.” _________ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

CompAring And ordering like FrACTionS

To compare like fractions, we observe their numerators. The fraction with the greater

numerator is the greater fraction.
5 2
example 1. Compare and
7 7
Solution. The fractions are like fractions.

So, comparing the numerators 5 and 2, we have 5 > 2.
5 2 5 2
Thus, >
7 7 7 7

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