Rational numbers on the number line

The  exercise appears under the 6th grade (U.S.) Math Mission. This exercise practices finding rational numbers on the number line.

Types of Problems
There is two types of problems in this exercise:
 * 1. Select the number line that shows the locations of the numbers: This problem asks the student to find the number line that has the correct locations of the numbers


 * 2. Consider the following number line: This problem asks the student to read the number line and drag the cards to match each point to its correct value.

Strategies
Knowledge of how to read number lines and locate numbers are essential to ensure success on this exercise.
 * 1) The rational numbers on this exercise are easy to locate because they are relatively small.
 * 2) Negative numbers go left, and positive numbers go right on the number line.