teaching resource

Fractions on a Number Line - Instructional Deck

Updated: 24 Apr 2023

Teach your students how to identify and work with fractions on a number line with an interactive, explicit instructional teaching presentation.

Editable: PowerPoint, Google Slides
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 4 - 5

Curriculum

VC2M4N04

Count by multiples of quarters, halves and thirds, including mixed numerals; locate and represent these fractions as numbers on number lines <ul> <li>cutting objects such as oranges or sandwiches into quarters and counting by quarters to find the total number, and saying the counting sequence ‘one-quarter, two-quarters, three-quarters, four-quarters or one-whole, five-quarters or one-and-one-quarter, six-quarters or one-and-two-quarters … eight quarters or two-wholes ...’</li> <li>subdividing the sections between whole numbers on parallel number lines so that one shows halves, another shows quarters and one other shows thirds; and counting the fractions by jumping along the number lines, and noticing when the count is at the same position on the parallel lines</li> <li>converting mixed numerals into improper fractions and vice versa, and representing mixed numerals on a number line</li> <li>using a number line to represent and count in tenths, recognising that 10 tenths is equivalent to one</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Fractions on a Number Line - Instructional Deck

Updated: 24 Apr 2023

Teach your students how to identify and work with fractions on a number line with an interactive, explicit instructional teaching presentation.

Editable: PowerPoint, Google Slides
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 4 - 5

Teach your students how to identify and work with fractions on a number line with an interactive, explicit instructional teaching presentation.

Teaching Fractions on a Number Line Made Easy!

Introducing an amazing fraction teaching resource for maths teachers – a Google Slides presentation that covers the fractions on a number line! This resource is structured to serve as an explicit teaching tool to guide your students through discovering the following.

Comparing visual models of fractions, including bar models and number lines.
Partitioning Number Lines into equal parts
Identifying fractions marked on a number line
Plotting fractions on a number line.

This presentation contains 16 slides filled with colourful illustrations, easy-to-follow examples, and engaging activities that will keep your students interested and motivated.

The teacher should guide the class or group through the presentation when using this instructional slide deck. There are several opportunities for student discussion, interaction with the slide deck, and more. There are also slides with tasks for students to complete for practise.

This resource is intended for use as a teaching presentation about identifying and locating fractions on a number line

.Before You Download Your Fraction Number Line Slide Deck

This presentation is designed to run in slide show mode. It is animated so that steps in a process are triggered with the click of your mouse and so that your instruction can be sequential, explicit, and thorough. We recommend reviewing the slide deck in Presentation mode so that you can see how the transitions are made and tailor your instruction to match.

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This resource was created by Cassandra Friesen, a Teach Starter Collaborator.

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Curriculum

VC2M4N04

Count by multiples of quarters, halves and thirds, including mixed numerals; locate and represent these fractions as numbers on number lines <ul> <li>cutting objects such as oranges or sandwiches into quarters and counting by quarters to find the total number, and saying the counting sequence ‘one-quarter, two-quarters, three-quarters, four-quarters or one-whole, five-quarters or one-and-one-quarter, six-quarters or one-and-two-quarters … eight quarters or two-wholes ...’</li> <li>subdividing the sections between whole numbers on parallel number lines so that one shows halves, another shows quarters and one other shows thirds; and counting the fractions by jumping along the number lines, and noticing when the count is at the same position on the parallel lines</li> <li>converting mixed numerals into improper fractions and vice versa, and representing mixed numerals on a number line</li> <li>using a number line to represent and count in tenths, recognising that 10 tenths is equivalent to one</li> </ul>

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J-A K · 4 months ago

This is one of your better teaching presentations, in my opinion. It is explicit and easy to follow. I reckon it will help me teach this better than ever. Thank you.