Fractions · lesson 4 of 24 · free

Fractions on a number line — Fractions for kids

Split the line from 0 to 1 into 5 equal jumps. Each jump is 1/5, so after 3 jumps you are at 3/5. After 5 jumps you reach 5/5, which is 1.

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Count the jumps — “split 0 to 1 into equal jumps; each jump is one unit fraction”

  1. The number of equal jumps from 0 to 1 is the bottom number.
  2. The number of jumps you make from 0 is the top number.
  3. From 0 to 1 there are b jumps of 1/b; from 0 to 2 there are twice as many.

Use it for: Number line questions in Class 3–6, reading rulers and scales, and seeing that fractions are numbers too.

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Worked example: A number line from 0 to 1 is split into 5 equal jumps. A frog starts at 0 and makes 3 jumps. Which fraction does it land on? → 3/5

  1. The line from 0 to 1 has 5 equal jumps, so each jump is 1/5.
  2. 3 jumps of 1/5 land on 3/5.

Check: 2 more jumps reach 1: 3/5 + 2/5 = 5/5 = 1 ✓

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