LESSON 9 Comparing Fractions Using

1. Wednesday is pizza day at Bessie Coleman School. Each table in the lunchroom gets one pizza to share equally among the students at the table. There are three students at Table A and four students at Table B.
1. Use your fraction circle pieces to show how the pizzas are shared at each table.
2. What fraction of their pizza will each student get at Table A?
3. What fraction of their pizza will each student get at Table B?
4. Who gets to eat more pizza, each student at Table A or each student at Table B?
5. Which fraction is larger, or ? Explain how you know.
2. The baker made three small fruit pies that are all the same size. She divided the apple pie into 12 pieces, the cherry pie into 6 pieces, and the peach pie into 4 pieces. John ate 2 pieces of apple pie, Shannon ate 2 pieces of cherry pie, and Brandon ate 2 pieces of peach pie.

1. Use your fraction circle pieces to show how much of each pie is eaten.
2. What fraction of the apple pie did John eat?
3. What fraction of the cherry pie did Shannon eat?
4. What fraction of the peach pie did Brandon eat?
5. Who ate the most pie? Tell how you know.
6. Who ate the least pie? Tell how you know.