Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Fractions on the Number Line

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Fractions are a common fear in school, but visualizing them on a number line can help your learners understand their relationship to one another. The activity provides two solutions; use either a number line or a common denominator....
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Common Core Sheets

Fraction Location on Number Line

For Students 3rd Standards
Once your class has mastered the identification of fractions, have them locate fractions on a number line. This sheet reinforces interval sizes of parts included in a whole, and directly relates to the standards associated with Common...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th Standards
Individuals learn how to plot rational numbers on the number line in the sixth instructional activity of a 21-part module. They identify appropriate units and determine opposites of rational numbers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Find 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Extend your class's ability to represent unit fractions on a number line with this challenging worksheet. Given two number lines, one labeled with zero and 1/4, the other with zero and 5/3, students must accurately locate the number one...
Instructional Video3:09
New Mexico State University

Number Rights

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
You do not have to be whole to be important. Individuals watch a video on the importance of rational numbers on the number line. Scholars use their knowledge to rename numbers on the number line as well as place rationals on a number...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Find 2/3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This short problem with representing fractions on a number line is more than meets the eye. Labeled only with the numbers zero and 1/4, a number line is used to locate the fraction 2/3. A solution can be found in multiple ways, but young...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Locating Fractions Greater than One on the Number Line

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Supplement your lesson on improper fractions with this simple resource. Working on number lines labeled with whole numbers between 0 and 5, young mathematicians represent basic improper fractions with halves and thirds. The fractions...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing Fractions with the Same Numerators, Assessment Variation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Have your class demonstrate their ability to compare fractions with this short multiple-choice assessment. Using the fractions 9/8 and 9/4, the students first make comparisons using both words and the greater than/less than signs. Next,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Fraction Number Lines 4

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Third, fourth, and fifth graders use this learning exercise to review fractions on a number line. Basic and tricky fractions are used to complete the missing fractions! For your lower-level learners, consider providing little squares of...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Locating Fractions Less than One on the Number Line

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Understanding where to place a fraction on a number line is key to understanding fractions as numbers. This activity focuses on locating fractions less than one. Learners need to partition the line into the correct number of equal sized...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Operations on the Number Line

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A different way to look at integers is on this number line with variables in place of numbers. Learners are to look at different expressions and describe why they think the answer would be positive or negative, depending on the location...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Fractions on a Number Line

For Students 3rd - 4th
Number lines can be used to show fractions. Use this basic worksheet to introduce this concept to third and fourth grade learners. There are three number lines provided, and your learner must fill in the missing fractions. 
Lesson Plan
Education Development Center

Logic of Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Before diving into operations with fractions, learners discover the foundation of fractions and how they interact with one another. Exactly as the title says, logic of fractions is the main goal of a resource that shows pupils how...
Interactive
Curated OER

Number Lines and Fractions

For Students 3rd - 4th
Work with a number line to develop a deeper level of understanding for your young mathematicians. The six multiple-choice questions ask learners to identify where a fraction falls on the number line. 
Worksheet
Math Worksheets Land

Understand a Fraction on a Number Line

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Where would 3/4 be on the number line? Project this fraction problem as an all-class warm up, asking scholars to complete it on their own before revealing the detailed explanation below. Using a number line segmented into quarters, they...
Handout
Charleston School District

Comparing and Ordering Irrational Numbers on a Number Line

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Estimating the value of numbers is much harder than it sounds! Scholars compare and order the value of numbers presented in different forms including fractions, decimals, roots, integers, and pi. This builds on the previous lessons in...
Workbook
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Ch 3: Extending the Number System

For Students 6th Standards
Don't feel negative about negative numbers. Individuals extend their knowledge of positive numbers and fractions to rational numbers. They learn how to represent negative rational numbers on a number line, understand opposites and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Represent Mixed Numbers on a Number Line

For Students 4th - 5th
This number line sequence is missing a few mixed numbers. Scholars determine what the increments are between each segment and use the pattern to complete the sequence. They must count by quarters and write in mixed numbers. Because there...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Fractions and Number Lines

For Students 4th - 6th
Upper graders figure out what fraction of the number line is pointed out. They complete seven problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing Fractions with the Same Denominator, Assessment Variation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
A short, multiple choice assessment that determines your 3rd graders' ability to correctly compare fractions with like denominators. This quiz asks learners to compare two fractions using words, the greater than/less than symbols, and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Represent a Fraction on a Number Line

For Students 4th - 6th
Make fractions easier with a visual representation along a number line. There are eight fractions here for scholars to match to their corresponding number lines. Although this is a good idea, the formatting isn't ideal. Ask kids to...
Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Fraction Operations and Initial Decimal Ideas

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Add another strategy to the toolboxes of young mathematicians with this elementary math lesson plan on using number lines to add and subtract fractions.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Find 7/4 Starting from 1, Assessment Variation

For Students 3rd Standards
Practice working with number lines with a simple, versatile learning exercise. On a number line starting at zero and continuing beyond one, third graders decide where to place the fraction seven-fourths.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Understand a Fraction on a Number Line

For Students 4th - 6th
Fractions are easier to grasp when scholars can see them on a number line, so have them create the number lines themselves! For each of 10 fractions, they draw a number line and mark where along the fraction it would be. There are no...