In the fossil lab, Emek and Luna were sorting pieces of the same kind of dinosaur bone. One tray held 3/6 of a reconstructed bone, while another held 4/6. Each whole bone had been divided into 6 equal-sized parts. Luna noticed that the second tray had one more part. Emek agreed that 4/6 was greater than 3/6. They labeled the trays with the correct fractions and placed the tray with more of the bone on the shelf for larger fossil pieces.
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Both wholes are divided into 6 equal parts. Compare how many of those parts are included.
One tray held 3/6 of a bone and another held 4/6 of the same kind of whole bone. Why is 4/6 greater than 3/6?
The whole for 4/6 has more equal parts.Four sixths means 4 equal parts are included, while three sixths means 3 are included.The number 6 makes 4/6 greater.The fractions are the same size because both have 6 on the bottom.Correct! Four sixths includes one more equal part than three sixths.
Try again. Since both fractions are sixths, compare the number of equal parts included.
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Start with 4 parts and count up to all 6 parts.
A whole bone is divided into 6 equal parts. The tray with 4/6 of the bone has 4 parts. How many more equal parts are needed to make one whole bone?
Correct! Two more equal parts are needed to make the whole bone.
Try again. A whole bone has 6 equal parts, and the tray already has 4.
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All three fractions have the same denominator. Compare 3, 4, and 5 equal parts.
Emek finds a third tray holding 5/6 of the same kind of whole bone. Which order shows the trays from least amount of bone to greatest amount?
5/6, 4/6, 3/63/6, 5/6, 4/64/6, 3/6, 5/63/6, 4/6, 5/6Correct! The amounts increase from 3/6 to 4/6 to 5/6.
Try again. When the denominators are the same, compare the numerators.
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