Video: Grade 6 Comparing fractions using common denominators

Posted: April 16, 2020

This is a video to help you with a quiz on that quiz if you are having difficulty with comparing fractions.

We also talked about using benchmarks to compare fractions.  Close to 0, less than 1/2, more than 1/2, close to one.

For example :

Compare 3/5 to 2/6.    3 is more than half of 5, so 3/5 is more than 1/2.    2 is less than 1/2 of 6, so 2/6 is less than 1/2.

Therefore we can say that 3/5 > 2/6.