Learn to Compare Common Fractions
Channel: Professor Pete's Classroom
Date: 05/02/2015

Comparing fractions is usually carried out by applying a mathematical algorithm in a mechanical way.

Students will be more likely to develop their fluency and understanding of numbers if they are taught to think about the fractions being compared, and make decisions based on the features of the particular numbers in the example.

For example, 3/4 is bigger than 3/7 because a fourth or quarter is larger than a seventh, so no conversion of the fractions to twenty-eighths is needed.
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