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Writing and Solving

Fraction-Comparison What fraction of the

Number Stories
time should I say Lola
spent playing scales?

What You Need

paper

What To Do
1 Write a fraction comparison number story. Include common
denominators or common numerators or problems that can
be solved by comparing fractions to a benchmark like _
1
​  2 ​.
2 Solve your number story on a separate piece of paper.

3 Trade and solve your partner’s problem using more than

one strategy.
4 Discuss and defend your solutions.

Talk About It
How did you defend your answer?
What other strategies could you use to show your solution?

4.NF.1, 4.NF.2, SMP3

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Comparing Fractions: Lesson 3-6
Same Numerator or NAME DATE TIME

Denominator
Fill in the blanks with > or <. SRB
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1 _
3 _
3
2 _
7 _
9
3 _
2 _
2
4 8 10 10 5 12

4 _
1 _
1
5 _
2 _
4
6 _
5 _
8
2 3 6 6 12 12

7 _
5 _
5
8 _
6 _
6
9 _
3 _
3
6 10 12 8 4 5

10 On Saturday Eric went to Marge’s birthday party. Marge’s mother cut a yellow cake
into 8 equal pieces. On Sunday when he went to Calvin’s birthday party, Eric noticed
that the chocolate cake was the same size as Marge’s cake, but it was cut into
12 equal pieces. Eric ate 1 piece of cake at each party. Which piece was larger,
the one from the yellow cake or the chocolate cake? piece

a. Color the amount of each cake that Eric ate.

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Yellow Chocolate
b. Write a number sentence to compare the fractions of the cakes that Eric ate.

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 Comparing Fractions Lesson 3-6
NAME DATE TIME
in Number Stories
For each problem fill in the whole box, answer the question, and write a
fraction comparison using <, >, or =.
Draw pictures to show how you found your answers.

Each girl had a ball of yarn. Lisette used _

5
1 6
of her yarn Whole
_9
in one week. Carmen used 12 of her yarn that same week. Who used
more yarn that week, or did they use the same amount?

Answer: Number model:

2 When the two boys returned from hiking on different trails, Marcus said Whole
he had hiked _ of a mile. David said he had hiked _
6 3
8 4
of a mile. Who hiked
farther, or did they hike the same distance?

Answer: Number model:

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Sarah and her sister spent 1 hour at the pool. Sarah spent _
2
3 3
of the Whole
_
7
time swimming laps. Her sister spent 12 of the time swimming laps.
Who spent more time swimming laps, or did they spend the same
amount of time?

Answer: Number model:

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Solving Fraction Home Link 3-6
Comparison Number NAME DATE TIME

Stories
Solve the problems below. SRB
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1 Tenisha and Christa were each reading the same book. Tenisha said she was
_
3
of the way done with it, and Christa said she was _
6
of the way finished.
4 8

Who has read more, or have they read the same amount?

How do you know?

2 Heather and Jerry each bought an ice cream bar. Although the bars
were the same size, they were different flavors. Heather ate _
5
8
of
_5
her ice cream bar, and Jerry ate 10 of his.

Who ate more, or did they eat the same amount?

Write a number sentence to show this.

Howard’s baseball team won _ of its games. Jermaine’s team won _

7 2
3 10 5
of
its games. They both played the same number of games.

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Whose team won more games, or did they win the same amount?

How do you know?

4 Write your own fraction number story. Ask someone at home to solve it.

Practice
Write T for true or F for false.

5 1,286 + 2,286 = 3,752 6 9,907 - 9,709 = 200

7 2,641 + 4,359 = 2,359 + 4,641 8 2,345 - 198 = 2,969 - 822

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 Lesson 3-6
Math Boxes DATE TIME

1 Circle the acute angles. 2 a. Measure and record the length of

Math Boxes
each side of the rectangle.

in.

in. in.

in.
b. What is the length of the boundary
around the rectangle called?
Circle one.

perimeter area

c. What is the length of the boundary

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around the rectangle? SRB
229 200
inches

3 What is the value of the 9 in the number 4 Zoe plans to feed her dog Jax less
790,326? than 1,300 calories a day. She fed her
272 calories for breakfast, 190 calories
Fill in the circle next to the best answer.
for lunch, and 625 calories for supper.
A 9 [100s] How many 100-calorie dog biscuits can
she give her dog for dessert?
B 9 [10,000s] Answer: biscuits

C 9 [100,000s]
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D 9 [1,000s] 78-79 26, 83

5 Writing/Reasoning Write a formula you could use to find the perimeter SRB
200
in Problem 2. Explain how you could find the perimeter this way.

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Problem Solving 3a
NAME DATE TIME

1 Mrs. John had a pizza party. She ordered three large pizzas, one cheese, SRB
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one sausage, and one pepperoni. The cheese pizza was cut into 8 slices, 145, 148

the sausage into 12 slices, and the pepperoni into 6 slices. At the end
of the party, 4 slices of cheese, 7 slices of sausage, and 4 slices of
pepperoni were left over.
Choose and use an appropriate tool to help you solve this problem.
a. Which pizza did Mrs. John and her guests eat the most of?

b. Explain your answer and describe the tool you used.

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2 Zeynep says she can always make a fraction smaller than any fraction you 147

give her.
a. What is Zeynep’s rule for making
Zeynep's Smaller
a smaller fraction? Any Fraction
Fraction

_
​  83 ​ ​ _93 ​

_
​  54 ​ ​ _64 ​

_ 1
​  10 ​ ​ _1
11
​

​ _12 ​
b. Does Zeynep’s rule always work?
Why or why not?
​ _83 ​

​ _99
100
​

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c. Use Zeynep’s rule to complete the table. Add some fractions of your own.

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