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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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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.
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