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Year 4 Maths — Comparing and ordering fractions

Compare fractions with the same bottom number and with the same top number, and put a set of fractions in order.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Fill in the missing number: 2/5 = ?/10

  2. 2.Fill in the missing number: 1/4 = ?/12

  3. 3.Sort each fraction by whether it is smaller or larger than one half.

    Groups: Smaller than a half · Larger than a half

    • 3/4
    • 7/10
    • 1/3
    • 5/8
    • 2/5
    • 1/6

  4. 4.Put these fractions in order, smallest first.

    • 1/3
    • 1/4
    • 1/2
    • 1/10
    • 1/6

  5. 5.The pieces are all sevenths. Which fraction is the smallest?

    • a) 4/7
    • b) 5/7
    • c) 2/7
    • d) 6/7

  6. 6.Each of these is one piece of a whole. Which piece is the smallest?

    • a) 1/10
    • b) 1/3
    • c) 1/4
    • d) 1/2

  7. 7.Match each fraction to the fraction worth exactly the same amount.

    • 1/2
    • 1/4
    • 1/3
    • 2/3
    • 3/6
    • 4/12
    • 2/8
    • 8/12

  8. 8.How many eighths are worth the same as one half? Write just the number.

Answer key — Year 4 Maths — Comparing and ordering fractions

  1. 1. 4
  2. 2. 3
  3. 3. 1/3 → Smaller than a half; 3/4 → Larger than a half; 2/5 → Smaller than a half; 5/8 → Larger than a half; 1/6 → Smaller than a half; 7/10 → Larger than a half
  4. 4. 1. 1/10 2. 1/6 3. 1/4 4. 1/3 5. 1/2
  5. 5. c) 2/7
  6. 6. a) 1/10
  7. 7. 1/2 → 3/6; 1/4 → 2/8; 1/3 → 4/12; 2/3 → 8/12
  8. 8. 4