8.10 Equivalent fractions
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Can you identify the number and size of equal parts?
Here is a shape divided into parts, use it to answer the following questions.
This shape has $\editable{}$ equal parts.
If one part was shaded, that shaded part would be $\frac{\editable{}}{\editable{}}$ of the whole.
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How can we identify equivalent fractions? This video will show us.
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Question 1
Fill in the blank to find an equivalent fraction to $\frac{1}{4}$14:
$\frac{1}{4}=\frac{\editable{}}{8}$14=8
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Here we look at comparing using equivalent fractions.
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Question 2
We are going to compare the two fractions $\frac{1}{8}$18 and $\frac{1}{4}$14.
Turn $\frac{1}{4}$14 into a fraction in eighths.
We can now compare the two fractions $\frac{1}{8}$18 and $\frac{1}{4}$14.
Which fraction is larger?
$\frac{1}{8}$18
A$\frac{1}{4}$14
BThe fractions are the same size.
C