Summary
Math Antics places fractions on a number line as numbers between the whole numbers. A clear, animated 13-minute lesson you can drop straight into a grades 3-4 math block -- pause-friendly, with worked examples on screen.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
A few questions to talk through after watching “Fractions on the Number Line.”
- How do you split the space between 0 and 1 for a fraction?
- Why is a fraction a number, not just a picture?
- How can the number line show that two fractions are equal?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: fraction, number line, interval, equal parts, point.
Try it: Draw a number line from 0 to 1 and plot 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4.