Comparing

Fractions

Math Board Game

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Question
Annie ate one-half of a small candy bar and Lynn ate one-third of a
large candy bar. Lynn says that her piece was bigger, which means
that one-third is greater than one-half. Is she correct? Why or why not?

Annies candy bar

Lynns candy bar

Question
Marcia and Danny each eat one-half of their slices of cake, as shown
below. Danny says that he ate more cake than Marcia because his
half was taller. Is he correct? Why or why not?

Dannys piece of cake

Marcias piece of cake

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Rodriguez ate one-half of a small apple at lunch and Joanna ate onefourth of a large apple at lunch. Who ate more apple? How do you
know?

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Question
Mrs. Harper bakes two pies. She cuts one pie into fifths and the other
pie into sixths. Her son, Johnny, wants to eat a piece of pie. If he wants
to eat the biggest slice possible, should he take a slice from the pie cut
into fifths or the pie cut into sixths? You can use the pictures below to
help you.

Question
The Field family orders two medium pizzas for family night. One pizza is
cut into fourths and one pizza is cut into eighths. Alex tells his brother
that if he wants the biggest slice, he should take a slice from the pizza
cut into eighths since eight is greater than four. Is he correct? You can
use the pictures below to help you.

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During football practice, Gregory runs one-half miles and Thomas runs
one-third miles. Who ran farther? You can use the pictures below to
help you.

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Question
After soccer practice, Martin drinks one-third liters of water and one-fifth
liters of Gatorade. Did Martin drink less water or Gatorade?

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Over the summer, Tiffany grew one-eighth inches. Her best friend,
Maria, grew one-tenth inches. Who grew more inches over the
summer?

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Mr. Langley weighs two fruits on the scale at the grocery store. The
pineapple weighs one-fourth pounds. The watermelon weighs one-half
pounds. Which fruit weighed less?

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Question
For a party, Mr. Jetson bought 1 liter of Coke and 1 liter of Sprite. The
guests drank two-fifths liters of Coke and two-thirds liters of Sprite.
Which type of beverage did the guests drink more of? You can use the
pictures below to help you.

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Peggy and her sister Beth have the same size plates. Peggy fills threefourths of her plate with pasta. Beth fills three-eighths of her plate with
pasta. Who put less pasta on her plate? You can use the pictures
below to help you.

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Raymond and William are each painting a poster for their class project.
Both posters are the same size. Raymond finishes four-eighths of his
poster and William finishes four-sixths of his poster. Who finished more of
his poster? You can use the pictures below to help you.

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Question
Scott loves to drink milk. This week, he drank six-tenths gallons of regular
milk and six-eighths gallons of chocolate milk. Did Scott drink more
regular milk or chocolate milk this week?

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Julia and Caitlin are comparing the height of their favorite stuffed
animals. Julias stuffed animal is five-sixths feet tall. Caitlins stuffed
animal is five-eighths feet tall. Whose stuffed animal is shorter?

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Austin weighs his two toy trucks on a scale. The red truck weighs fourfifths pounds. The blue truck weighs four-eighths pounds. Which truck
weighs more pounds?

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Question
Frank and Todd put their feet on the starting line and jumped as far as
they could. Frank jumped two-thirds meters and Todd jumped one-third
meters. Who jumped farther? Use the number line below to help you.

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Alexandra is exercising. She runs around the track for one-fourth hours
and lifts weights for three-fourths hours. Which type of exercise did she
spend less time doing? Use the number line below to help you.

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Jordan is doing his homework. He spends seven-tenths hours doing
math homework and six-tenths hours doing reading homework. Which
type of homework did he spend more time doing? Use the number line
below to help you.

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Question
Angela drinks three-fourths liters of milk in the morning and two-thirds
liters of milk in the afternoon. Does she drink more milk in the morning or
afternoon? Use the number lines below to help you.

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Abigail measures the heights of the two Lego buildings she built. The
orange building is two-fourths meters tall. The purple building is threefifths meters tall. Which building is taller in height? Use the number lines
below to help you.

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Peter and Jack are reading the same book. Peter is six-eighths of the
way through the book and Jack is five-sixths of the way through the
book. Who has more of the book left to read? Use the number lines
below to help you.

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Question
Fred and Benjamin each order a waffle at a restaurant. The waffles are
the same size. Fred eats two-fifths of his waffle and Benjamin eats
three-fifths of his waffle. Compare how much of their waffles each boy
ate by filling in the circle with <, >, or =. You can use the pictures to help
you.

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Jenny measures the heights of her two dolls. One doll is three-fourths
feet tall and the other doll is three-eighths feet tall. Compare the
heights of her dolls by filling in the circle with <, >, or =. You can use the
pictures to help you.

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Ian and Eric are doing laps around the track. So far, Ian has run fiveeighths miles and Eric has run five-tenths miles. Compare how far the
boys have run so far by filling in the circle with <, >, or =. You can use
the number lines to help you.

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Question
Lillian and Wendy are painting the scenery for the school production.
Lillian paints two-thirds of the scenery and Lillian paints two-sixths of the
scenery. Compare how much each girl painted by filling in the circle
with <, >, or =.

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Mark and Matthew each order a small chocolate milkshake at
McDonalds. Mark drinks four-sixths of his milkshake and Matthew drinks
three-sixths of his milkshake. Compare how much milkshake the boys
each drank by filling in the circle with <, >, or =.

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Brittany practices violin and piano every day. She practices five-sixths
hours on the violin and five-tenths hours on the piano. Compare how
long she practices each instrument by filling in the circle with <, >, or =.

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Question
At the grocery store, Mr. Harper weighs his vegetables on the scale. His
bag of potatoes weighs five-eighths pounds. His bag of corn weighs
seven-eighths pounds. Compare how much each bag of vegetables
weigh by filling in the circle with <, >, or =.

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There are two pies for dessert. One pie is blueberry and the other pie is
apple. Two-fourths of the blueberry pie get eaten and three-sixths of
the apple pie get eaten. Compare how much of each pie got eaten
by filling in the circle with <, >, or =.

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Henry and Malcolm are running a race. Henry is five-sixths of the way
done and Malcolm is two-thirds of the way done. Compare how much
of the race each boy has completed by filling in the circle with <, >, or
=.

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