How to Find a Fraction on a Number line

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How to Find a Fraction on a Number line
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A number line and a ruler are very much alike.
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On a ruler, each inch is considered one whole inch
Nine whole inches
One Inch
Two Inches
Three Inches
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The marks in between the whole inches are
fractions of an inch
½ Inch
2 ¾ Inches
7 ¼ inches
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Number lines are read the same way.

• The Numbers are read as whole numbers.
• The marks in between are read as fractions.

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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.

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Step Two- Count the sticks, starting at the first
stick after zero. Stop at the point you are
naming.This is the Numerator.
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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.

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Mixed number fractions

• Step One-Count the spaces in between the whole
  numbers where the fraction is placed. That is
  your denominator.

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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.

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Mixed number fractions

• Step Three- Write the whole number as a whole
  number beside the fraction.

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