SOLUTION: i need help i dont know how to graph 3/4, - 1/3 and 5 on a number line i know that 3/4 is equal to 0.75 and - 1/3 is equal to -0.33 but how would the numbers go on the number l

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Question 219000: i need help
i dont know how to graph 3/4, - 1/3 and 5 on a number line
i know that 3/4 is equal to 0.75 and - 1/3 is equal to -0.33
but how would the numbers go on the number line
Answer by jim_thompson5910(21667) About Me  (Show Source):
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Step 1) Draw a straight horizontal line

Step 2) Draw tick marks at equal distances and label them with whole numbers (think of a ruler).

To plot 3%2F4, realize that 3%2F4=0.75 Since 0.75 is less than 1 but greater than zero, this means that 0.75 goes in between 0 and 1. Also, note that 0.75 > 0.5 (which is one-half). So 0.75 is in between 1/2 and 1.


If you follow the same logic used above to plot -1/3 and 5, you should get:

drawing%28500%2C80%2C-10%2C+10%2C-10%2C+10%2C%0D%0Anumber_line%28+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C3%2F4%2C-1%2F3%2C5%29%29