document.write( "Question 793252: Where does \"2%267%2F10\" and \"1%262%2F5\" plot on a number line?\r
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document.write( "Where does \"2%267%2F10\" and \"1%262%2F5\" plot on a number line?\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"2%267%2F10\" is plotted \"7%2F10\" of the way from 2 towards 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1%262%2F5\" is plotted \"2%2F5\" of the way from 1 towards 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2        -1         0         1         2         3         4\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 \"1%262%2F5\" is a little less than \r\n" );
document.write( "half way between 1 and 2.  Also you'd just guess that \r\n" );
document.write( "\"2%267%2F10\" is a little more than half way between 2 and 3.\r\n" );
document.write( "If you have 10 marks between the integers as above, you can \r\n" );
document.write( "get it accurately. But normally it doesn't matter if you \r\n" );
document.write( "just guess it fairly close.\r\n" );
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