Ordering fractions

The first instance of  is under the 4th Grade Math Mission. This exercise practices comparing sets of fractions and placing them in order

Types of Problems
There is one type of problem in this exercise:


 * 1) Put in order: This problem provides a set of fractions. The student is asked to use the manipulative and move the fractions into an increasing order.Orderfrac.png

Strategies
This exercise is easy to get accuracy because a calculator can be used to compare the fractions in decimal form which is much easier. Speed badges are hard because there are a lot of tiles to manipulate on some problems and there is often one or two non-obvious comparisons.


 * 1) Most of the fractions can be quickly compared to standard fractions with the number 1 in their numerator.
 * 2) Sometimes there is a hard fraction to work with, in which case the cross multiply comparison technique works well if you want to be honest, or a calculator can also so the trick.