Here are two chocolate bars that are exactly the same size. Both have been broken into five equal pieces. One bar has two pieces shaded in. The other bar has three pieces shaded in. Which shaded part is bigger, and how can you tell just by looking?

Each pair of strips is split into the same number of pieces, and different amounts are shaded. When the pieces are the same size, we can compare by counting the shaded ones. Watch each pair and decide which fraction is bigger.

Now let's work through four pairs together. For each one, you'll come up to shade the strips and then read out which is bigger. Every pair shares the same bottom number, so we count the shaded parts to decide.

1. 1/4 (one quarter) and 2/4 (two quarters)
2. 3/5 (three fifths) and 4/5 (four fifths)
3. 5/8 (five eighths) and 6/8 (six eighths)
4. 3/10 (three tenths) and 8/10 (eight tenths) — here the tenths are the smallest pieces yet

Now find the bigger fraction in each pair. Every pair shares a bottom number, and these are fresh pairs we haven't shaded yet. We build up from quarters to tenths:

1. 2/4 (two quarters) or 3/4 (three quarters)
2. 1/5 (one fifth) or 4/5 (four fifths)
3. 2/8 (two eighths) or 6/8 (six eighths)
4. 3/10 (three tenths) or 7/10 (seven tenths) — the tenths are the smallest pieces