Question

How would you graph -5/4 on a number line?

Answer 1

Please see below.

Explanation:

A number line extends from `-oo` on the extreme left to `oo` on the extreme right. Zero will be in the center. Just one unit to the right of zero is `1` and `-1` one unit too the left of zero.

`-5/4=-1 1/4`, hence it lies between `-2` and `-1`. `-2` will be one unit further to the left of `-1` by one unit.

If we divide the distance between `-2` and `-1` in to four equal parts, `-1 1/4` will be the one just left of `-1` (or three fourths to the right of `-2`).