8.03 Number lines 2

Lesson

Practice

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?

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.

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.