Look carefully at these 2 fraction amounts. What do you notice? What can we say about 1
1. Which of these pairs of fractions are equivalent? Use the fraction wall to help you. a) 1 d) 1
– 3 and 1
– 3 and 3
– 2
– 8
b) 1 e) 2
– 2
1
– 3
1
– 4
1
– 6
1
– 8
1
– 9
1
__ 12
1
__ 12
1
– 9
1
__ 12
1
– 8
1
– 9
1
__ 12
1
__ 12
1
– 6
1
– 8
1
– 9
1
__ 12
1
2. Why are all these fractions equivalent? 4
– 4
They are all Strand: Number
Curriculum Objectives: Compare and order fractions and identify equivalent forms of fractions; express improper fractions as mixed numbers and vice versa and position them on the number line; add and subtract simple fractions and simple mixed numbers.