SOLUTION: how to plot fractions on a number line

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Question 260082: how to plot fractions on a number line
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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Plot them in between the integers


 Here's how to plot 1%2F2, half-way between 0 and 1
  
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-2          -1           0           1           2           3           4 



 Here's how to plot 2%2F3, two-thirds of the wawy between 0 and 1
  
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-2          -1           0           1           2           3           4



 Here's how to plot 2%261%2F4, about one fourth of the way between 2 and 3
  
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-2          -1           0           1           2           3           4



 Here's how to plot -1%263%2F4, about 3 fourths of the way between 0 and -1
  
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-2          -1           0           1           2           3           4



You just guess about what fraction the number is between the whole numbers.