WYR: Birthday Cake Edition Example 2

Check student understanding of fractions with this quick check. 

Anticipated misconception: Students may believe that the fraction with the larger denominator will have the greatest value.

Solidify and confirm 1/3 is greater than 1/9 with a visual model.

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Standards

• 3.NSF Number Sense–Fractions
  • 3.NSF.1 Develop an understanding of fractions (i.e., denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10) as numbers.
• 4.NSF Number Sense and Operations–Fractions
  • 4.NSF.2 Compare two given fractions (i.e., denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 25, 100) by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2 and represent the comparison using the symbols >, =, or <.

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