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Fractions on a number line
Move fluently between real-world situations, diagrams, number lines, and symbolic equations involving multiplication, fractions, and decimals, explaining what each representation shows
Suggested ages 8–9
Learning journey
Your child is developing strong mathematical reasoning skills — learning to explain their thinking clearly, spot patterns and connections, and choose the best strategies for solving complex problems.
Evidence of understanding
- Represent a sharing problem as both a fraction diagram and a division equation
- Explain how a bar model for 4 × 23 connects to the area model and the written method
- Translate a decimal on a number line into a fraction and explain the equivalence
Assessment prompt
When Fractions on a number line works on a maths problem involving decimals or fractions, can they move between a fraction strip, a number line, and a written equation — explaining what each one is showing?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.