Comparing fraction strips
You learn that if you divide something into more pieces, each piece becomes smaller.
How to work it out
- Compare the two strips.
- With more pieces each piece is smaller.
- So 13 is bigger than 14.
13
14
The whole is the same. Is 14 or 18 bigger?
- 14 means the whole is cut into 4 pieces.
- 18 means it is cut into 8 pieces.
- Fewer pieces means bigger pieces.
- 14 is bigger.