SOLUTION: i need help, can you show me how to plot the number 40923.5 on a number line. i get confused because on my number line it's like this: | | | | | 40000

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Question 696557: i need help, can you show me how to plot the number 40923.5 on a number line. i get confused because on my number line it's like this:
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40000 50000 60000 70000 80000.
where do you think i can plot it.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Plot it between 40 thousand and 50 thousand, but plot it much closer to 40 thousand (than 50 thousand).

A more accurate way is to divide the interval from 40 thousand to 50 thousand up into 10 equal intervals. The number 40923.5 will be very very close to the first tick mark on the very left (since it's close to 41 thousand).