5.11 Compare and write fraction sentences

Interactive practice questions

We want to compare $\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{2}$18+12 to $\frac{5}{8}$58.

Fill in the box to convert $\frac{1}{2}$12 into $eighths$ .

$\frac{1}{2}=\frac{\editable{}}{8}$12=8

Enter the symbol, $<$<, $>$> or $=$=, that makes the statement true.

$\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{2}\editable{}\frac{5}{8}$18+1258

Easy

Less than a minute

We want to compare $\frac{3}{5}$35 to $\frac{10}{20}+\frac{2}{5}$1020+25.

We want to compare $\frac{8}{12}$812 to $\frac{1}{12}+\frac{2}{4}$112+24.

We want to compare $\frac{1}{4}$14 to $\frac{12}{16}-\frac{2}{4}$1216−24.

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