March 31-April 4

The fourth quarter is here, crazy how fast the year has flown!

Here are some tips for breaking down number lines. These are the steps I have shown the class to help them break down number lines into smaller parts so they can more accurately label their fractions/decimals.

Start with a basic number line between 0 and 1

break it in half

now cut those sections in half again to make fourths

and cut each of the fourths in half to make eighths. (I usually don't label those since there is limited space)

Now that your number line has been broken down into benchmark numbers, you can more easily find where various decimals would be plotted.