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Rounding Fractions to 0 or 1 Using a Number Line | Math with Mr. J

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Rounding Fractions to 0 or 1 Using a Number Line | Math with Mr. J
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Summary

How to place and read fractions on a number line -- seeing a fraction as a point between whole numbers. Mr. J shows how to partition the line into equal parts.

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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

A fraction is a number, so it has a spot on the number line between whole numbers.

  1. How do you split a number line into the right number of equal parts?
  2. Where would 3/4 go between 0 and 1?
  3. How is a number line like a ruler?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: number line, partition, point

  • Draw a number line from 0 to 1 and mark 2/3.
  • Label the fractions between 0 and 2 counting by halves.
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