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How to Find a Fraction on a Number line. Chelsea Caraway- 4 th Grade. A number line and a ruler are very much alike. 0. 2. 1. On a ruler, each inch is considered one whole inch. Nine whole inches. One Inch. Two Inches. Three Inches.
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How to Find a Fraction on a Number line Chelsea Caraway- 4th Grade
On a ruler, each inch is considered one whole inch Nine whole inches One Inch Two Inches Three Inches
The marks in between the whole inches are fractions of an inch ½ Inch 2 ¾ Inches 7 ¼ inches
Number lines are read the same way. • The numbers are read as whole numbers. • The marks in between are read as fractions. 1 0 2
There are three steps to reading fractions on a number line Step One-Count the spaces in between the zero and the one on the number line. That is your denominator. 2 0 1 4
Step Two- Count the sticks, starting at the first stick after zero. Stop at the point you are naming.This is the Numerator. 0 1 3 4
There is only a step three if the fraction is past a whole number. If the fraction is past a whole number, steps one and two are the same except that you count the spaces and marks in between the whole numbers closest to the fraction. 0 2 1
Mixed number fractions Step One-Count the spaces in between the whole numbers where the fraction is placed. That is your denominator. 0 2 1 4
Mixed number fractions Step Two- Count the sticks, starting at the first stick after the whole number. Stop at the point you are naming. This is the Numerator. 2 0 2 1 4
Mixed number fractions Step Three- Write the whole number as a whole number beside the fraction. 2 1 0 2 1 4