document.write( "Question 819517: where does two fifths go on a number line
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document.write( "2/5 goes two-fifths of the way from 0 going toward 1.\r\n" );
document.write( "It's where the \"☻\" is below:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2   -1    0    1    2    3\r\n" );
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document.write( "In cases of fractions, unless you have very accurate \r\n" );
document.write( "measuring tools you'll just have to guess about how far\r\n" );
document.write( "a fraction is between two integers.  You'd usually ask\r\n" );
document.write( "yourself \"Is it more or less than half-way?\" In the above \r\n" );
document.write( "you'd just guess that 2/5 is a little less than half way \r\n" );
document.write( "between 0 and 1.  If you have 5 marks between the integers\r\n" );
document.write( "as above, you can get it accurately. But normally it doesn't \r\n" );
document.write( "matter if you just guess it fairly close.\r\n" );
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