Fractions on a number line
Your child can mark where a fraction like 1/4 or 3/4 belongs on a number line. A fraction is a number with its own spot — not just a slice of something.
In curriculum terms
Recognise and use fractions as numbers: place unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators on a number line
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How to tell they’ve got it
Tick these off as you see them — no test required.
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Try this together
If you draw a number line from 0 to 1, can your child mark where 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 should go — without any extra help?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
count by fractions including mixed numerals; locate and represent these fractions as numbers on number lines
recognise and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 and their multiples in different ways; combine fractions with the same denominator to complete the whole
find equivalent representations of fractions using related denominators and make connections between fractions and decimal notation
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.