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Question
Write the shaded portion as a fraction. Arrange them in ascending and descending order using the correct sign ‘<’, ‘=’, ‘>’ between the fractions:
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Solution
The first circle shows 3 shaded parts out of 8 equal parts. Hence, the fraction is `3/8`
The second circle shows 6 shaded parts out of 8 equal parts. Hence, the fraction is `6/8`
The third circle shows 4 shaded parts out of 8 equal parts. Hence, the fraction is `4/8`
The fourth circle shows 1 shaded part out of 8 equal parts. Hence, the fraction is `1/8`
The arranged fractions are:
`1/8 < 3/8 < 4/8 < 6/8`
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[This game is to be played in groups of 4. Each player has to make a circle as shown. Each one has to make 15 tokens on slips on paper.
Write `1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/12, 2/12, 3/12, 4/12,...11/12` to make your tokens.
Shuffle, the tokens and make a pile in the middle of the group. Now you are ready to start the game.
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- Who won the game?
[This game is to be played in groups of 4. Each player has to make a circle as shown. Each one has to make 15 tokens on slips on paper.
Write `1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/12, 2/12, 3/12, 4/12,...11/12` to make your tokens.
Shuffle, the tokens and make a pile in the middle of the group. Now you are ready to start the game.
The first player takes a token from the pile, colours that part of the picture, and puts the token under the pile. The next player does the same, and so on. The winner is the one who first colours the circle completely.]
- Write the tokens you got.
The two consecutive integers between which the fraction `5/7` lies are ______.
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`1/6 ☐ 1/3`
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`3/5 ☐ 6/5`
