Number · Challenge 4 of 25 · about 5 min
Locate One and Three Quarters
Locate a mixed numeral by counting equal quarter-jumps.
Year 4 challenge progress
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1 Read
Your challenge
Place 1 3/4 on the number line from 0 to 2.
Take your time. Your answer is checked only when you choose Check Answer.
Curriculum details
- Curriculum code
- VC2M4N04
- Strand
- Number
- Focus
- Count fractions and mixed numerals on a number line.
2–5 Notice · Build · Move · Connect
Interactive visual
An interactive Denominator tells the jumps model is ready. Choose Show Visual Trick to reveal and hear one mathematical change at a time.
Visual Trick
Denominator tells the jumps
A denominator of 4 means split every whole into four equal jumps.
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Step 1
Split the interval from 0 to 1 into four equal sections.
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Step 2
Split the interval from 1 to 2 into four equal sections.
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Step 3
Count seven quarter-jumps from zero.
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Step 4
Label the seventh landing point as 1 3/4.
6 Solve
Your answer
7 Check
Worked explanation
Why the answer makes sense
- Each whole is divided into four equal parts.
- One whole is four quarters, then three more quarters makes seven quarters.
- Seven quarters is 1 3/4, which is 1.75.
Challenge complete
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