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In this video I will talk about plotting fractions
and mixed numbers on a number line.
Before we get started lets review some rules
for fractions on a number line.
The numerator tells you how far away from
the whole number you should go.
The denominator of the fraction tells you
how many parts to divide the space in between
the whole numbers.
Lets go ahead and get started with fractions
on a number line.
Lets work some examples.
First we have is 3/4
The denominator tells us how many spaces we
need to have between the whole numbers 0 and
1 including the 1.
We have 1 2 3 and 4.
Remember 1 is the same as /4
The numerator tells us how many spaces to
move over between the whole numbers.
So 3/4 is plotted here.
Next lets plot 2/3.
We have 1 2 3 because the denominator is 3
We go over 2 because the numerator tells us
how many spaces to go over between the whole
numbers.
Lets work 2 more.
5/6 tells us we need 6 spaces so we will go
1 2 3 4 5 6
The 1 can be written as 6 over 6
We can go over 5 spaces and 
here is 5/6
How about if you have a mixed number?
If we have 2 and 3/4
We go to 2 and plot the fraction.
We divide the space into 4 spaces.
We have 1 2 3 4 spaces so 3/4 is plotted here.
Hope that helps.
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