Chapter 1.2, Problem 8P

Use a number line like the one in Figure 1.41 for the problems that follow. For each problem, label all the tick marks on the number line. The number to be plotted need not land on a tick mark.

 

   Figure 1.41 A number line.

1. Plot 13.58 on a number line on which the long tick marks are whole numbers.
2. Plot 0.193 on a number line on which the long tick marks are tenths.
3. Plot 26.9999 on a number line on which the long tick marks are thousandths.
4. Plot 2.379 on a number line on which the long tick marks are tenths.
5. Plot 7.148 on a number line on which the long tick marks are whole numbers.