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Fractions on a number line

Mathematics · Fractions · ages 7-8
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  1. A line from 0 to 1 has four equal jumps. How many marks lie between the two ends? Do not count 0 or 1.

    Answer: ______________

  2. A line from 0 to 1 has three equal jumps. What fraction is at the second landing after 0?

    • 1/3
    • 1/2
    • 1
    • 2/3

  3. A number line from 0 to 1 is split into 4 equal jumps. Which fraction is at the first landing after 0?

    Fraction. Ticks: 0, ?, ?, ?, 1. Marked values: ?. 0???1Fraction
    • 1/4
    • 2/4
    • 3/4

  4. A fraction is only a part of a shape, like a slice of pizza, and never a number.

    Circle one:   True   False

  5. A line from 0 to 1 has six equal jumps. How many jumps from 0 reach 5/6?

    Answer: ______________

  6. A number line from 0 to 1 has 4 equal jumps. How many jumps from 0 reach 3/4?

    Fraction. Ticks: 0, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 1. Marked values: 3/4. 01/42/43/41Fraction

    Answer: ______________

  7. Which plan places 1/3 on a number line from 0 to 1?

    • Make three equal jumps and mark the first landing.
    • Make four equal jumps and mark the first landing.
    • Make three unequal jumps and mark the first landing.

  8. 3/4 lies between 1/2 and 1 on a number line.

    Circle one:   True   False

  9. Zara says 1/3 is bigger than 1/2 because 3 is bigger than 2. What did she overlook?

    • Equal thirds are larger than equal halves when the whole stays the same.
    • Equal thirds are smaller than equal halves of the same whole.
    • The number of equal parts does not change their size within the same whole.

  10. A line from 0 to 1 is marked in quarters. How many equal gaps fill the whole stretch?

    Answer: ______________

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  1. 3 · The inside marks are 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4. There are three.
  2. 2/3 · The jumps are thirds. Two jumps from 0 reach 2/3.
  3. 1/4 · Each jump covers one of four equal parts. The first landing is 1/4.
  4. False · A fraction is a number. For example, 1/2 has an exact point halfway between 0 and 1.
  5. 5 · The top number 5 counts five jumps of size 1/6.
  6. 3 · Three jumps of size 1/4 reach 3/4 from 0.
  7. Make three equal jumps and mark the first landing. · A third is one of three equal parts. Both the number of jumps and their equal size matter.
  8. True · 3/4 comes after halfway and before 1.
  9. Equal thirds are smaller than equal halves of the same whole. · The bottom number counts equal parts. More equal parts of the same whole means smaller parts, so 1/3 is smaller than 1/2.
  10. 4 · There is one gap for each quarter-jump. Four quarter-jumps reach 1.
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