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Arizona Math Standard: 3.NF.A.3.d

Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Understand that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify conclusions.

Broken Calculator: Simplifying Fractions Gr 3-7
How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction Equals 1/2
How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction Equals 1/2
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Gr 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Numerator or Denominator: Which has more power in a fraction?
Numerator or Denominator: Which has more power in a fraction?
What do you do with students who already get their fraction operations? Give them a contrived project about recipes or pizza slices? Make them solve annoyingly hard practice problems? Please. Here, we get students thinking in a whole new way, pondering which has more power, the numerator or denominator.
Gr 2-6
How Many Ways: Fraction Equivalence
How Many Ways: Fraction Equivalence
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Fraction Ordering Tournament
Fraction Ordering Tournament
Which set of fractions would be the trickiest to order from least to greatest? Let’s have a tournament!
Gr 2-8
Writing A Story About Fraction Equivalence
Writing A Story About Fraction Equivalence
When fractions take on a new denominator, it’s as if they’re wearing a disguise – same value, new look. So let’s write a story about fraction equivalence starring a fraction who needs to fit in with a new group.
Gr 1-5
Fraction Puzzlers: Add and Subtract Fractions To Reach A Number
Fraction Puzzlers: Add and Subtract Fractions To Reach A Number
You only have six digits to form three fractions. Can you combine them to get to 0?
Gr 3, 4, 5, 7
A Grid-Based Fraction Project
A Grid-Based Fraction Project
You’ve got 60 spaces on a grid to create an amusement park, a house, a farm, or whatever you’d like. Divide it into seven pieces, order it by size, combine into two halves, and more in this fraction project.
Gr 1-5