Compare fractions with unlike denominators
Compare and order fractions with different denominators.
Taught in Primary 5 in Nigeria (NERDC), Year 6 in United Kingdom (National Curriculum), Grade 6 in Canada (Ontario).
Nigeria (NERDC)
Primary 5
- Strand
- Number and Numeration
- Called
- Compare fractions with unlike denominators
- How it's taught
- Fractions written symbolically early; equivalent fractions and LCM-based methods with working shown in vertical form.
United Kingdom (National Curriculum)
Year 6
- Strand
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Called
- Compare fractions with unlike denominators
- How it's taught
- Fraction bars, strips and number lines; 'simplest form' via common factors; decimals and percentages linked from Year 4 onward.
Canada (Ontario)
Grade 6
- Strand
- Number
- Called
- Compare fractions with unlike denominators
- How it's taught
- Heavy use of visual models (fraction strips, number lines, area models); Ontario says 'fourths'; equivalence and operations reasoned through models before symbols.