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please help me solve how to plot 13/5 on a number line
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document.write( "First change it to a mixed number \"2%263%2F5\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"2%263%2F5\" is between 2 and 3, closer to 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a number line:\r\n" );
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document.write( "This would be 2 plotted on a number line:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4    -3    -2    -1     0     1     2     3     4     5\r\n" );
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document.write( "This would be 3 plotted on a number line:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4    -3    -2    -1     0     1     2     3     4     5\r\n" );
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document.write( "So to plot \"2%263%2F5\" you would estimate about \"3%2F5\"ths \r\n" );
document.write( "of the distance from 2 toward 3, like this, and put the \r\n" );
document.write( "mark there:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4    -3    -2    -1     0     1     2     3     4     5 \r\n" );
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