6.07: Matching Game

In this section, you’ll find numbers described in various ways: as fractions, as points on a number line, as decimals, and in a picture. Your job is to match these up in a way that makes sense.

Note: there may be more than one fraction to match a given decimal, or more than one picture to match a given point on the number line. So be ready to justify your answers.

Fractions

(a) \(\frac{1}{5}\)	(b) \(\frac{1}{3}\)	(c) \(\frac{2}{3}\)
(d) \(\frac{9}{8}\)	(e) \(\frac{15}{16}\)	(f) \(\frac{25}{100}\)
(g) \(\frac{3}{4}\)	(h) \(\frac{33}{100}\)	(i) \(\frac{3}{25}\)
(j) \(\frac{1}{4}\)	(k) \(\frac{6}{5}\)	() \(\frac{2}{5}\)
(m) \(\frac{4}{100}\)	(n) \(\frac{2}{10}\)	(o) \(\frac{1}{2}\)

Points on a number line

Point 1	Point 2
Point 3	Point 4
Point 5	Point 6
Point 7	Point 8
Point 9	Point 10
Point 11	Point 12
Point 13

Decimals

(i) 1.20	(ii) \(0. \bar{6}\)	(iii) 0.33
(iv) 0.25	(v) 0.5	(vi) 0.200
(vii) 0.75	(viii) \(0. \bar{3}\)	(ix) 0.2
(x) 1.125	(xi) 0.12	(xii) 0.04
(xiii) 0.40	(xiv) 0.50	(xv) 0.9375

Pictures

Picture A	Picture B
Picture C	Picture D
Picture E	Picture F
Picture G	Picture H
Picture I	Picture J
Picture K	Picture L
Picture M	Picture N
Picture O	Picture P
Picture Q	Picture R