So what you gotta do is count the lines. You don't count the one with one on it, but you count all the way through to 2. That gets you eight, so each line is 1/8. 1-2 in 1/8 intervals. 1 1/4 multiply 2 on the numerator and denominator gets 1 2/8, 1 1/2 multiply 4 on the numerator and denominator gets you 1 4/8. Counting the lines, each of those matches up. The first interval is 1 1/8.
