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8.03 Number lines 2

Lesson

Are you ready?

Can you identify the fraction shown on a fraction bar? 

Which of the following shows $\frac{1}{6}$16 of the area of the shape shaded?

  1. A

    B

    C

Learn

Now, we are going to count past the unit fractions. This video looks at plotting non-unit fractions on number lines.

Apply

Plot $\frac{5}{6}$56 on the number line.

  1. 01

 

Remember!

When plotting a fraction on a number line:

  • the denominator (bottom number) shows how many parts between each whole number.
  • the numerator (top number) shows the number of parts, so represents the value of the fraction.

Outcomes

3.NF.2

Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.

3.NF.2.b

Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line.

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