What Textbooks Don’t Tell You about Fractions
Kathleen StrangeJennifer North Morris
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(c) 2011 Kathleen Casey Strange
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Questions for “Where are Fractions?”
• What happens as the numerator stays the same and the denominator gets larger?
• Can you have ?
• Name a fraction between and .
• Where does live on the number line?
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• Mark and on the same number line.
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Mark the thirds.
Mark the fourths.
Mark on the same number line.
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• Compare and order , , and .
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Mark the eighths.
Mark the fourths.
Mark on the same number line.
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