Practice locating fractions on a number line, naming marked points, and comparing fractions by their positions.
Read each problem carefully. Use equal spacing on the number line. Show your work in the space provided.
Place, name, and compare fractions using equal intervals
Math - Grade 4-5
- 1
A number line from 0 to 1 is divided into 4 equal parts. What fraction is shown at the first tick mark after 0?
- 2
A number line from 0 to 1 is divided into 8 equal parts. What fraction is shown at the fifth tick mark after 0?
- 3
Draw a number line from 0 to 1 and divide it into 6 equal parts. Label the point for 2/6.
- 4
Which fraction is farther to the right on a number line: 3/5 or 4/5? Explain your answer.
- 5
A number line from 0 to 1 is divided into 10 equal parts. Write the fraction for the point at the seventh tick mark after 0.
- 6
On a number line, 1/2 is marked between 0 and 1. Write an equivalent fraction with denominator 6 that would be at the same point.
- 7
A number line from 0 to 2 is divided into halves. List the fractions shown at each tick mark from 0 to 2.
- 8
Place 5/4 on a number line from 0 to 2. Describe where it belongs.
- 9
Which fraction is closer to 1 on a number line: 7/8 or 5/8? Explain your answer.
- 10
A point is marked at 3/3 on a number line. What whole number is this point equal to?
- 11
Draw a number line from 0 to 1 and mark 1/3, 2/3, and 3/3. Label each point.
- 12
Order these fractions from least to greatest using their positions on a number line: 2/6, 5/6, 1/6, 4/6.