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Fractions on Number Lines

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Fractions on Number Lines

Fractions on Number Lines

Number line with fractions illustration

📏 Part 1: Understanding Fractions

1. Circle the numerator in each fraction:

3/4 - The numerator is:

3
4

2/5 - The numerator is:

2
5

1/8 - The numerator is:

1
8

2. What does the denominator tell us?

How many equal parts the whole is divided into

How many parts we are counting

The biggest number in the fraction

📍 Part 2: Placing Fractions on Number Lines

3. Draw and label these fractions on the number line from 0 to 1:

Fractions to place: 1/2, 1/4, 3/4

4. Draw and label these fractions on the number line from 0 to 1:

Fractions to place: 1/3, 2/3, 1/6

5. Which fraction is closest to 1/2 on a number line?

1/4

3/8

5/8

3/4

🔍 Part 3: Comparing Fractions

6. Look at the number line positions. Which fraction is larger?

1/3 is larger than 1/4

1/4 is larger than 1/3

They are equal

7. Put these fractions in order from smallest to largest using a number line:

Fractions: 1/8, 1/2, 1/4, 7/8

Smallest: _______ , _______ , _______ , _______ :Largest

8. Explain your thinking:

I know that 1/2 is _______ than 1/4 because on a number line, 1/2 comes _______ 1/4 when moving from 0 to 1.

🎯 Part 4: Fraction Reasoning

9. Match each fraction to its position description:
1. 1/4
2. 1/2
3. 3/4
4. 1/8
A. Exactly halfway between 0 and 1
B. Very close to 0
C. Halfway between 0 and 1/2
D. Very close to 1
10. Draw a number line from 0 to 2 and place these fractions:

Challenge fractions: 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2

11. Explain why 2/4 and 1/2 are in the same position on a number line:
12. Which fractions are equivalent to 1/2? Check all that apply:

2/4

3/6

4/8

1/4

5/10

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