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2.09 Generate fractions between quantities

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Generate fractions between quantities
1

Find a fraction between each of the following pairs of fractions:

a

\dfrac{2}{5} and \dfrac{4}{5}

b

\dfrac{2}{6} and \dfrac{4}{6}

c

\dfrac{1}{7} and \dfrac{4}{7}

d

\dfrac{2}{9} and \dfrac{5}{9}

e

\dfrac{3}{8} and \dfrac{7}{8}

f

\dfrac{1}{6} and \dfrac{5}{6}

g

\dfrac{3}{9} and \dfrac{7}{9}

h

\dfrac{1}{8} and \dfrac{6}{8}

2

Find a fraction between each of the following pairs of fractions:

a

\dfrac{1}{4} and \dfrac{2}{4}

b

\dfrac{1}{5} and \dfrac{2}{5}

c

\dfrac{1}{6} and \dfrac{2}{6}

d

\dfrac{2}{7} and \dfrac{3}{7}

e

\dfrac{3}{5} and \dfrac{4}{5}

f

\dfrac{5}{7} and \dfrac{6}{7}

g

\dfrac{6}{8} and \dfrac{7}{8}

h

\dfrac{7}{9} and \dfrac{8}{9}

3

Find the fraction exactly half-way between each of the following pairs of fractions:

a

\dfrac{1}{4} and \dfrac{7}{12}

b

\dfrac{1}{3} and \dfrac{5}{9}

c

\dfrac{3}{8} and \dfrac{8}{16}

d

\dfrac{2}{7} and \dfrac{5}{21}

e

\dfrac{9}{16} and \dfrac{1}{64}

f

\dfrac{3}{10} and \dfrac{9}{20}

g

\dfrac{5}{11} and \dfrac{6}{33}

h

\dfrac{11}{15} and \dfrac{16}{45}

4

Find a fraction between each of the following pairs of fractions:

a

\dfrac{2}{5} and \dfrac{2}{6}

b

\dfrac{2}{6} and \dfrac{2}{7}

c

\dfrac{3}{4} and \dfrac{3}{5}

d

\dfrac{3}{5} and \dfrac{3}{6}

e

\dfrac{4}{7} and \dfrac{4}{8}

f

\dfrac{5}{6} and \dfrac{5}{7}

g

\dfrac{4}{5} and \dfrac{4}{7}

h

\dfrac{5}{6} and \dfrac{5}{8}

5

Explain how you can check whether one fraction lies between two other fractions, if they all have different denominators.

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7.B1.5

Generate fractions and decimal numbers between any two quantities.

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