How do you put the following numbers -5, 2, -5.5, 3 on a number line?

1 Answer
Apr 19, 2018

See below:

Explanation:

First, here's a number line that goes from -10 to 10:
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The numbers that you gave are all on this number line. I'll show you where each one belongs.

-5 goes right on the -5 line:
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2 goes on the 2 line:

And 3 goes on the 3 line:
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-5.5 is the trickiest one. -5.5 means -5 1/2, so just put it halfway between the 5 and the 6 lines:
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Hopefully this helped!