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Improper fractions on a number line

Teaching Transcript

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This dot is on the number line, but not on a whole number. Let's find an improper fraction that best describes where it is.

We are past the first whole, so we have one whole.

But each whole is split up into 6 sixths, and for an improper fraction we are just going to count all the sixths, even though we'll have more than 6 of them.

Our dot is another four sixths of a whole along.

So adding them together, the dot is at ten sixths, which is an improper fraction.

This math skill teaches how to locate a point on a number line represented by an improper fraction. The skill involves identifying the whole numbers and fractions of a whole to determine the position as an improper fraction by counting total parts beyond a whole number.

Skill Practice

Number lines and improper fractions

Test your understanding of improper fractions on a number line by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.