Grade 5 - Number
Standard 5.N.7 - Compare and sort fractions up to twentieths, arranging them in order from least to greatest or greatest to least.
Included Skills: Fractions
Demonstrate an understanding of fractions by using concrete, pictorial and symbolic representations to: • create sets of equivalent fractions. • compare fractions with like and unlike denominators. • Create a set of equivalent fractions; and explain, using concrete materials, why there are many equivalent fractions for any given fraction. • Model and explain that equivalent fractions represent the same quantity. • Determine if two given fractions are equivalent, using concrete materials or pictorial representations. • Formulate and verify a rule for developing a set of equivalent fractions. • Identify equivalent fractions for a given fraction. • Compare two given fractions with unlike denominators by creating equivalent fractions. • Position a given set of fractions with like and unlike denominators on a number line, and explain strategies used to determine the order.