How to find a fraction on a numberline
- 1. How to Find a Fraction on a Number line By: Megan Black
- 2. A number line and a ruler are very much alike. 0 1 2
- 3. On a ruler, each inch is considered one whole inch Nine whole inches One Inch Two Inches Three Inches
- 4. The marks in between the whole inches are fractions of an inch 遜 Inch 2 他 Inches 7 村 inches
- 5. Number lines are read the same way. The Numbers are read as whole numbers. The marks in between are read as fractions. 0 1 2
- 6. 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. 0 1 2 4
- 7. 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
- 8. 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 1 2
- 9. Mixed number fractions Step One-Count the spaces in between the whole numbers where the fraction is placed. That is your denominator. 0 1 2 4
- 10. 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 1 2 4
- 11. Mixed number fractions Step Three- Write the whole number as a whole number beside the fraction. 2 0 1 2 1 4