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Fractions on a number line: 3rd grade math

Fractions on the number line. A free 3rd grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: fractions on the number line.

Teach (10 min)

  • Fractions are numbers, so they have a spot on the number line.
  • Cut the space from 0 to 1 into equal pieces, then count the jumps.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/fractions.line?lesson=3-fractions-line&at=3

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Use the first three questions on the printable sheet as a slip.

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Fractions on a number line (3rd grade)

  1. Mark where 68 goes on the line.
    012
  2. Mark where 96 goes on the line.
    012
  3. Mark where 54 goes on the line.
    012
  4. Mark where 56 goes on the line.
    012
  5. Mark where 96 goes on the line.
    012
  6. Mark where 54 goes on the line.
    012
  7. Mark where 34 goes on the line.
    012
  8. Mark where 13 goes on the line.
    012
  9. Mark where 23 goes on the line.
    012
  10. Mark where 116 goes on the line.
    012
  11. Mark where 36 goes on the line.
    012
  12. Mark where 148 goes on the line.
    012
Key
  1. 68
  2. 96
  3. 54
  4. 56
  5. 96
  6. 54
  7. 34
  8. 13
  9. 23
  10. 116
  11. 36
  12. 148

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