CPM Homework Help : CC1 Problem 6-40

Arrange each of these fractions on a number line: $\frac { 5 } { 8 } , \frac { 3 } { 16 } , \frac { 3 } { 8 } , \frac { 16 } { 16 } , \frac { 1 } { 4 } , \frac { 1 } { 8 } , \frac { 3 } { 4 } , \frac { 7 } { 8 }$ .

Hint:

Arrange the fractions on the number line below. It is divided into sixteenths.
This will make placing the fractions much easier. A number line, scaled in sixteenths, from 0 to 1.

A number line, scaled in sixteenths, from 0 to 1.

$The following fractions placed on the appropriate sixteenth: 1 fourth, on the fourth, 3 eighths on the sixth, 16 sixteenths at the last.$

Answer:

Some of the fractions have been placed for you. Place the rest on your own. The following fractions placed on the appropriate sixteenth: 1 fourth, on the fourth, 3 eighths on the sixth, 16 sixteenths at the last.