Arranging Dissimilar Fractions

3
6
three-sixths
 2
4
two-fourths
 3
9
three-ninths
 4
8
Four-eighths
Review
Tell what kind of
fraction is given.
 2
12
3
9
6
6
2
4
9
9
Motivation
Have you experienced going to the
market?
What products do you usually buy in the
market?
Flash some strips of paper with names of
commodities sold in the
market and hardware.
Say YES if the item shown can be seen
in the market and NO if they can be seen
in the hardware.
Presentation
What recipe do you think Kathleen’s
mother plans to cook?
Do you also help your mother at home?
How?
What household chores do you do to help
your mother?
If we are going to arrange the
ingredients from lightest to heaviest,
which should come first?
second? third? fourth? Why?
Group Activity
1) Arrange the weight of the items bought
by Vicky in increasing order.
2) Arrange the weight of the items bought
by Letty in decreasing order.
3) Among the items bought by Beth, which
item is the heaviest? lightest?
4) What is the lightest item bought by
Maria? Which item is the heaviest?
5) If you arrange the weight of the
items bought by Anne in increasing
order, which fraction will be the third
in the arrangement?
Generalization
a. Unit Fractions
To order/arrange fractions with the same
numerators but different
denominators, compare their
denominators. The greater the
denominator of the fraction, the lesser the
fraction.
b. Dissimilar Fractions

To order/arrange fractions with the different

numerators and denominators, we change them
first to similar fractions by finding
the LCD of the denominators. Then, rename the
fractions to its equivalent using the LCD.
When all fractions are already renamed with the
same denominators, the numerators can be now
compared:

 the greater the numerator, the greater the

value of the fraction.
 the lesser the numerator, the lesser the value
of the fraction.
Group Activity
Application
Evaluation
Assignment
1) If you arrange the fractions in increasing order, which
fraction will be:
a) first? ______
b) last? ______
2) If you arrange the fractions in decreasing order, which
fraction will be:
a) first? ______
b) third? ______
3) Arrange the set of fractions in:
a) ascending order ________________
b) descending order ________________
Give any fraction whose value is
between the given fractions.