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4–6 Comparing and Ordering FractionsMAIN IDEA• Compare and orderfractions.BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY (pages 86–87)The least common denominator (LCD) of twois thethe denominators.ofKEY CONCEPTCompare Two FractionsTo compare two fractions,• Find the least commondenominator (LCD) ofthe fractions. That is,find the least commonmultiple of thedenominators.EXAMPLES Compare Fractions and Mixed NumbersReplace each with , or = to make a true sentence.8_21 _ 3 7Step 1 Find the LCD; that is, the LCM of the denominators.multiples of 7:Copyright © Glencoe/<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong>, a division of The <strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> Companies, Inc.• Write an equivalentfraction for eachfraction using the LCD.• Compare thenumerators.multiples of 21:The LCM of 21 and 7 is . So, the LCD is .Step 2 Write an equivalent fraction with a denominator of× 33_7 = __× 3for each fraction.× 1__ 8= __× 1Step 38_219_21 since 8 < 9. So, _ 8213_7 .Math Connects, Course 1 99

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