Line it Up to Break It Down
Equivalent Fractions on a Number Line
Through this playlist, students can develop a deeper understanding of fractions through visual explorations of equivalent fractions. Provide students with effective strategies for identifying equivalent fractions, using number lines and models they’ve created.
Equivalent Fractions! | Zearn*
Zearn provides a very clear introduction to recognizing equivalent fractions using number lines.
Identify Equivalent Fractions Using A Number Line | LearnZillion*
Here’s another video lesson that walks students through the process of creating a number line that will help them to identify equivalent fractions.
Fraction Tower Cubes Activity | Hand2Mind
Students return to their trusted old friends, the counting cubes, to create models that support their number lines.
Fruity Fractions Game | Happy Numbers
In this game, students practice dividing a number line and placing fractions on the number line. Then, they’ll compare values to find which are equivalent.
Equivalent fractions on the number line | Khan Academy
Allow students to practice by examining already prepared number lines to find equivalencies for a given fraction.
Equivalent Fractions on a Number Line Quiz | iXL*
Give students one final opportunity to show what they know with this quiz.
Eboni Hogan
Content Specialist
Eboni has extensive experience in curriculum development, with a focus on culturally-responsive and arts-based approaches. Having spent years creating academic content and providing professional development to teachers, she now curates themed playlists meant to provide educators with valuable, time-saving resources.
Common Core Standards
3.NF.2.a Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line.
3.NF.2.b Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line.
3.NF.3.a Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size or the same point on a number line.
Building Towards:
4.NF.4.a Understand a fraction a/b as a multiple of 1/b. For example, use a visual fraction model to represent 5/4 as the product 5 (1/4), recording the conclusion by the equation 5/4 = 5 (1/4).
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