🔢 Mathematics · Fractions
Fractions on a number line
Recognise and use fractions as numbers: place unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators on a number line
Typical age: 7–8 years
“If you draw a number line from 0 to 1, can your child mark where 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 should go — without any extra help?”
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- Simple Fraction SumsREQUIRED
Adding fractions requires understanding fractions as numbers
- Understanding fractions
Placing fractions on number lines exercises connecting representations
- Equivalent fractions
Number line supports seeing equivalent fractions as the same point
- Comparing fractionsREQUIRED
Comparing fractions requires understanding them as numbers on a line
- Fractions on a number line (age 8+)REQUIRED
Prior number-line fraction experience feeds into formal unit-fraction placement