University of Arkansas
Twizzling Fractions
Using food as a manipulative is one of the best ways to incorporate hands-on learning in the classroom. This hands-on approach allows young mathematicians to compare, order, and identify fractions with the use of Twizzlers® and...
Curated OER
Smallest to Largest: Decimals to the Tenths Place
Dealing with decimals in your fourth grade class? Make them easy to understand with a straightforward worksheet, which instructs youngsters to put groups of decimals in order from smallest to largest. A great way to review place value...
Curated OER
Pastry Party!
Everyone gets a toaster pastry to enjoy with this fractions lesson! First, youngsters cut their treat in two, and then they proceed to cut it into equal parts until they have 16 pieces! If your learners aren't quite ready for this...
Curated OER
Add and Subtract Fractions with Same Denominators
Students add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. In this fractions lesson plan, students also order common fractions from small to large and use the comparison symbols to compare fractions.
New Mexico State University
Pearl Diver
Dive into the number line. Learners play a computer game that revolves around a number line as they try to collect pearls by diving at locations on a number line. As the game progresses, dive locations change from simple whole numbers to...
Curated OER
Investigation--Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Fourth graders use fraction strips to compare and order fractions. Identify various ways a figure can be divided. Find equivalent fractions. Recognize and order fractions with the denominators 2,3,4,5,6,8,10, and 12.
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Graphing Equivalent Fractions
Students graph families of equivalent fractions and compare them by observing the slope of the line formed by each fraction family. They place fractions in ascending order by comparing the slopes of each line after several families of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
How Old is Your Money?
Elementary learners explore coin mint dates. First, they listen to the book Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. They then sort a collection of coins according to their mint date and put them in order from oldest...
Curated OER
Problem Solvers
Fifth and sixth graders compare decimals to the place-value structure in the base-ten number system. They represent fractions as parts of unit wholes, as parts of a set, as locations on a number line, and as divisions of whole numbers....
Neufeld Learning Systems
Concept: Ratios and Proportions
Upper elementary and middle school pupils fill out a chart creating six equivalent fractions and then compare them to six different objects and/or shapes. They group together 16 various terms related to ratios and proportions. Pupils...
Curated OER
Smaller Than One
Students examine how to convert fractions into decimals and percents. They work with base ten blocks and a worksheet to color in parts of 100 and renaming the parts as decimals and fractions.
Curated OER
Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 16: Overview
Kids will compare creating fractions from pieces of paper to chips. They begin with a fractional part and work back to a whole. Then order fractions from smallest to largest. They also complete a worksheet to find the missing pieces to...
Curated OER
Decreasing and Increasing Fractions
Use this math lesson to help your fourth graders further their understanding of ordering fractions. After completing some whole-group activities together as a class, pairs of students play an online game which has them compare fractional...
Curated OER
The True Value of Sweets
Measure your pupil's learning in a instructional activity designed to explore decimals by weighing different candies on a scale and recording the weight. Small groups then compare and order the decimal weights on a number line to show...
Mathematics TEKS Toolkit
Am I Related to Myself?
Elementary or middle schoolers use ratios to discover some nearly constant relationships between measurements of parts of the human body. They find and record pairs of measurements and determine the relationship between the pairs. Pupils...
Curated OER
Compare and Order Fractions
In this fraction worksheet, students compare fractions using pictures and mental math, then order fractions from least to greatest and complete 2 test prep questions. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
Curated OER
Order Fractions on a Number Line
In this fractions worksheet, students use a compare, order, and write fractions on a number line. In this problem solving worksheet, students circle and fill in the blank to solve five problems.
Curated OER
Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 7: Overview
Third graders recognize that the larger the denominator of a fraction, the smaller the piece you have. In this fraction lesson, 3rd graders compare fractions and order them from largest to smallest. Students complete an exercise...
Math Mammoth
Tenths 2
In this math activity, students convert decimals to fractions and back. The decimals go up to the tenths place. Students also compare fractions and decimal numbers using the < and > signs.
Noyce Foundation
Cereal
Find the best protein-packed cereal. The short assessment task covers equivalent and comparing ratios within a context. Pupils determine the cereal with the highest ratio of protein. A rubric helps teachers with point allotments for...
Charleston School District
Comparing and Ordering Irrational Numbers on a Number Line
Estimating the value of numbers is much harder than it sounds! Scholars compare and order the value of numbers presented in different forms including fractions, decimals, roots, integers, and pi. This builds on the previous lessons in...
Curated OER
Equality of Fractions
Here is a lesson on equality of fractions designed for fourth graders. Learners work in groups and utilize fraction bars to help them work through a variety of activities. They split up into pairs and play an online game called the...
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Introduction to Decimals
Young math whizzes complete the online instruction, then solve 20 problems about identifying decimals, comparing decimals and fractions and ordering decimals.
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Compare and Order Fractions
For this fractions worksheet, students complete a set of 12 problems, using division to order sets of fractions from greatest to least. A reference web site is given for additional activities.