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Level 1 - Fractions represented as pie charts

Level 2 - Tenths represented as a grid of squares

Level 3 - Decimal fractions some with hundredths

Level 4 - Twelfths represented as a grid of squares

Level 5 - Vulgar fractions simplified twelfths

Level 6 - Mixed fraction pictures

Level 7 - Mixed fractions and decimals

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Example

Order these fractions from smallest to largest

$$ \frac{3}{4} , \frac{7}{8} , \frac{1}{2} , \frac{1}{4} , \frac{3}{8} $$

Method 1: Write each of the fractions with a common denominator. The lowest common multiple of the five denominators is 8 so the five fractions become:

$$ \frac{6}{8} , \frac{7}{8} , \frac{4}{8} , \frac{2}{8} , \frac{3}{8} $$

It is now easy to order the fractions in order of their denominators:

$$ \frac{2}{8} , \frac{3}{8} , \frac{4}{8} , \frac{6}{8} , \frac{7}{8} $$

Now write each of these fractions in the way they were written in the question:

$$ \bbox[yellow,5px,border:2px solid red]{ \frac{1}{4} ,\quad \frac{3}{8} ,\quad \frac{1}{2} ,\quad \frac{3}{4} ,\quad \frac{7}{8} }$$

Method 2: Convert each of the fractions to decimals (to three decimal places for this example) by dividing the numerators by the denominators:

$$ \require{enclose} \begin{array}{r} 0.750 \\[-3pt] 4 \enclose{longdiv}{3.000} \\[-3pt] \end{array} , \require{enclose} \begin{array}{r} 0.875 \\[-3pt] 8 \enclose{longdiv}{7.000} \\[-3pt] \end{array} , \require{enclose} \begin{array}{r} 0.500 \\[-3pt] 2 \enclose{longdiv}{1.000} \\[-3pt] \end{array} , \require{enclose} \begin{array}{r} 0.250 \\[-3pt] 4 \enclose{longdiv}{1.000} \\[-3pt] \end{array} , \require{enclose} \begin{array}{r} 0.375 \\[-3pt] 8 \enclose{longdiv}{3.000} \\[-3pt] \end{array} $$

The decimal equivalents can more easily be ordered then writen in the way they were written in the question to give the same answer as method 1.

Sort the fractions in order from smallest to largest.

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