Comparing
Unit Fractions
What are
the symbols use to
compare numbers?
> Greater
than
< Less than
= Equals
Mother baked a loaf of banana
bread. Nina ate
𝟏
𝟏𝟎
of the loaf. Noli
ate
𝟏
𝟓
of the loaf. Who ate a bigger
part of the cake?
𝟏
𝟏𝟎
part eaten by
Nina
𝟏
𝟓
part eaten by
Noli
𝟏
𝟏𝟎
______
𝟏
𝟓
𝟏
𝟏𝟎
<
𝟏
𝟓
𝟏
𝟐
>
𝟏
𝟑
𝟏
𝟓
<
𝟏
𝟒
𝟏
𝟔
>
𝟏
𝟖
To compare unit
fractions, compare the
denominators.
To unit fraction with the
bigger denominator, the
value is smaller.
𝟏
𝟐
,
𝟏
𝟑
,
𝟏
𝟒
,
𝟏
𝟓
,
𝟏
𝟔
,
𝟏
𝟕
,
𝟏
𝟖
,
𝟏
𝟗
,
𝟏
𝟏𝟎
𝟏
𝟒
___
𝟏
𝟐
𝟏
𝟒
<
𝟏
𝟐
𝟏
𝟐
>
𝟏
𝟑
𝟏
𝟓
<
𝟏
𝟒
𝟏
𝟔
>
𝟏
𝟖