SOLUTION: How do you put fractions on a number line?

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Question 154381: How do you put fractions on a number line?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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How do you put fractions on a number line?

In between the whole numbers:

Here is 3%2F2  or  11%2F2  or  1.5:

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 -4    -3    -2    -1     0     1     2     3     4

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Here is -2%2F3:  

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 -4    -3    -2    -1     0     1     2     3     4
 
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Here is 25%2F6:

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 -4    -3    -2    -1     0     1     2     3     4

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Here is 1%2F3:

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 -4    -3    -2    -1     0     1     2     3     4

Edwin