The purpose of this activity is for students to use their fraction reasoning skills to practice locating fractions on a number line. Students should be in groups, but the groups should stay small enough that every member has a chance to share their ideas. Be sure to space groups so that each has their own area in which to work. Students write the fractions on their tape. Students will use the number line they create here in the next activity.

As they place the different numbers, students think about the meanings of the numerator and the denominator in the fractions and how whole numbers can be written as fractions (MP7).

• Have each group share a method they used or a fraction they placed, based on what you noticed during the activity. Encourage groups to use their number lines when demonstrating their reasoning.
• Consider asking:
  • “Did any groups use a similar strategy?”
  • “Did any groups place that fraction in a different way?”
  • “Which fractions were easier to locate?”
  • “Which fractions were harder to locate?”
• Keep number lines displayed for the next activity.

• Invite each group to share at least one comparison statement they came up with and their reasoning. Be sure to share at least one statement that uses each symbol.